Pie Recipes #243 - Rhubarb and Pineapple Pie

A whole new alternative to the traditional rhubarb fruit pie recipe -- this one includes delicious pineapple to sweeten the fruit mixture!

Rhubarb and Pineapple Pie
Ingredients:
2 cups rhubarb
1 cup crushed pineapple
pastry for double crust
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/8 teapoon salt
2 eggs beaten

Procedure:
Set oven to 425 Deg F. Peel rhubarb and cut into one half inch peices before measuring. Line a pie plate with plain pastry. Mix Rhubarb with sugar, flour, salt and eggs. Spoon or pour 1/2 the mixture into bottom shell.spread half the pineapple over the rhubarb. repeat these two layers. Cover with top crust. Press edges together and trim. prick top to let steam escape. If a glazed surface is desired, brush top of pie with milk, cream or melted butter. or slightly beaten egg white. Bake in quick oven (425deg F) 10 minutes, Reduce heat and continue baking in moderate oven (325 deg F.) 30 Minutes.

Pie Recipes #242 - Grandma's Custard Rhubarb Pie Recipe

Pie Recipes
Grandma's Custard Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb Custard Pie
Ingredients:
Fruit:

2 1/2 c. rhubarb, diced (3/8" or 1 cm)

Custard:

4 eggs (US large)
1 2/3 c. milk
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanillaProcedure:
Preheat oven to 450 F.

Prepare your favorite pie crust in sufficient quantity for a 9-inch, one crust pie.

Put the pastry in a 9" pie pan and bake for 10 minutes, then remove from the oven. (This helps assure a fully baked crust under all of the liquid.)

Reduce oven to 325 F.

While crust is baking, prepare fruit. Wash and dice rhubarb. (I think any really tart fruit will work here. I'm looking forward to making this pie with cranberries, gooseberries, and crabapples.)

Prepare custard: In a large bowl, beat eggs together, then add milk, sugar, salt and vanilla. Mix well.

Put fruit in (partially) pre-baked pie shell. Spread evenly. Pour custard over fruit. There should be enough custard that the fruit floats, but not little fruit that pieces of fruit will float apart.

Bake an hour (or more), until custard is set.

Serve cool. Refrigerate for storage (this *is milk and eggs, after all.)

PS. The easy custard recipe given above would also be a delicious custard all on its own! You can serve it over stewed or fresh fruit. Yum!