Fresh Rhubarb Pie
- 8 inches pastry dough, for 8-inch 2 crust pie
- 1 -1 14 cup sugar
- 14 cup all-purpose flour
- 14 teaspoon grated orange peel (optional)
- 3 cups cut up rhubarb (1/2 inch pieces)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 9 inches pastry dough, for 9-inch 2 crust
- 1 13-1 23 cups sugar
- 13 cup flour
- 12 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 4 cups cut up fresh rhubarb
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 10 inches pastry dough, for 10-inch 2 crust pie
- 1 34-2 cups sugar
- 12 cup all-purpose flour
- 12 teaspoon grated orange peel, if desired
- 5 cups cut up fresh rhubarb (1/2 inch pieces)
- 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
- Heat oven to 425 degrees.
- Prepare pastry.
- Stir together sugar, flour
- and orange peel.
- Turn half the rhubarb into pastry lined pie pan;
- sprinkle with half the sugar mixture.
- Repeat with remaining rhubarb
- and sugar; dot with butter.
- Cover with top crust which has slits cut
- in it; seal and flute.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
- Cover edge with 2 to 3
- inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil
- last 15 minutes of baking.
- Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to
- bubble through slits in crust.
- Variation:.
- Rhubarb - Strawberry Pie.
- Substitute sliced fresh strawberries for half the rhubarb and use the
- lesser amount of sugar.
- Personal Note:.
- When using frozen fruit make sure you thaw it completely and let it
- completely drain before you measure it.
- Not enough rhubarb to make a pie make sauce.
- Boil rhubarb with sugar
- to taste and a little cinnamon or strawberries.
- Serve with ice cream
- or whipped cream or pound cake.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fresh-rhubarb-pie-424378 (may not work)