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| Susie Q |
Posted - Aug 25 2005 : 10:15:39 AM
I've always made rhubarb as a sauce to serve alone or over cakes or icecream. I'd like to try a pie. Does anybody have a recipe they swear by and would like to share? I'd sure appreciate it! |
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| Susie Q |
Posted - Aug 26 2005 : 11:30:01 AM
Well I've got 5 pounds of rhubarb to play with so I'm gonna try both as I'm sure they're good.
Thanks for sharing your recipes. I appreciate it. Too bad I can't share a slice of pie with y'all over the internet. Bill Gates needs to work on that one. |
| theherblady |
Posted - Aug 26 2005 : 07:32:24 AM
Yep-I like the rhubarb/apple cuz its a switch from rhubarb/strawberry which is the usual combo ~~~ I have always heard not to cut rhubarb in the fall-but I dont know for sure.
I tried my hand at freezing it last year and it comes out ok for pies and such...I tried to make rhubarb/straw refrig jelly from the frozen and made the mistake of draining the water off...~~ Jelly came out as hard sugar~!!! I guess I should have known that I needed the water!
I understand the drought thing...I am also trying to keep mine alive. I just moved in Dec and took 3 plants from my old house to the new..so -of course I didnt get any this year..Good thing I have some frozen left !!
Jan ( I'm outside Peoria Katie-ell) |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Aug 26 2005 : 06:51:51 AM
Yum yum yum! I've always wondered how late in the season I can harvest rhubarb, by the way. I got a good crop in early summer, but the heat and drought affected my big plant. Now, with extra watering and some wonderful rain, the plant is producing well again. OK to harvest -- into late September? (I'm outside Chicago.) |
| prairiemaid |
Posted - Aug 26 2005 : 06:43:34 AM
Thanks Jan, it looks really good. I'll have to give it a try!
Call me old fashioned. |
| theherblady |
Posted - Aug 26 2005 : 05:49:30 AM
Girls~~ I read my reply..and I didnt want anyone to think I was saying my pie recipie is better than anyone elses "the best" What I meant was.......It is really, really good !!
Jan |
| theherblady |
Posted - Aug 26 2005 : 05:42:27 AM
I have the best pie recipie:
Rhubarb/Apple Pie
Pasty for 2 crust pie
1 1/2 c sugar
1/4 c.corn starch or 1/3 c flour
Pinch salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3 c fresh rhubarb 1 inch pieces
2 large (3 med) tart apples-chunked
2 tbls butter
1 tsp vanilla
Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon-toss with rhubarb & apples till well mixed. Let stand 15-20 min. Add vanilla and mix well. Pour in pastry shell and dot with butter. Cover with other crust.Bake at 400 55-60 min. (Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar if desired)
Yummmmm!
Jan
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| cecelia |
Posted - Aug 25 2005 : 4:55:34 PM
Margret's recipe is just about mine - like any fruit pie. I remember the first time I tried making a rhubarb pie and couldn't find a recipe, or anyone who had made one. I cooked the rhubarb, then put it into the unbaked pie shell, and continued with the baking. Well, needless to say it was the wettest pie I ever ate.
Cecelia
ce's farm
"Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery" Victor Hugo |
| prairiemaid |
Posted - Aug 25 2005 : 12:30:21 PM
This is a pretty simple rhubarb pie that I make. I'm sure there are some fancier ones out there.
4 cups cut rhubarb
3 Tbsp flour
1 1/3 - 2 cups sugar
Combine sugar, flour and rhubarb. Fill unbaked pie shell. Cover with top crust. Bake for 15 minutes in 450°F then reduce oven to 350°F and bake for 40 - 45 minutes longer.
Rhubarb is great combined with other fruit in a pie, like apples, or strawberries. It takes on the taste of whatever it's combined with.
Call me old fashioned. |
