Fresh Rhubarb Pie

Lisa_Roy's Note:

Wayne- Here is my grandmother's recipe.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• pastry dough , for double-crust 9-inch pie
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon orange rind , grated
• ¼ cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 4 cups rhubarb , sliced

Directions:

1. Roll half of pastry to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Place in a 9-inch pie plate; trim off excess pastry along edges.
2. Cover with plastic wrap, and chill until ready to fill.
3. Combine sugar, cornstarch and nutmeg in a heavy saucepan, stirring to blend cornstarch well.
4. Stir in orange rind, juice and butter.
5. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly.
6. Stir in rhubarb.
7. Spoon rhubarb mixture into prepared pastry shell.
8. Roll remaining pastry to 1/4-inch thickness; cut into 1/2-inch strips.
9. Arrange strips, lattice fashioned, across top of pie. Trim strips even with edges; fold edges under and flute. Bake at 425°F or 10 minutes.
10. Reduce heat to 350°F and bake an additional 30 minutes or until crust is brown.
11. ENJOY!

Reviews

[MizzNezz]

I went searching the site for a fresh rhubarb pie and this is one of them I found. It turned out to be VERY GOOD!! The orange juice and zest compliments the rhubarb. It was an easy pie to make. Not too sweet, but sweet enough. We will have this again!

[Michelle in KY]

This recipe was fabulous! I followed the advice of previous reviewers and increased the cornstarch to 4-1/2 Tbsp and it set up perfectly!! I actually made two pies--one, strawberry-rhubarb (added about 1-1/2 cups fresh sliced strawberries to basic recipe and decreased rhubarb by about 1 cup) and I made a rhubarb pie for the purists in my family...High praise for both and this recipe is definitely going in my keeper file. Thank you!

[specialbekah]

Was very good. I used a Tablespoon more corn starch than the recipe specified and it set up perfectly.