Country Rhubarb Pie Recipes

RHUBARB CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix together sugar, flour, and nutmeg. Stir in eggs. Add rhubarb, and toss until thoroughly coated. Pour filling into pastry shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes.

COUNTRY RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Combine all filling ingredients except rhubarb and pecans in large bowl. Add rhubarb; toss until well coated.
• Spoon into prepared crust; sprinkle with pecans, if using. Set aside.
• Combine 1 cup flour and 2/3 cup sugar in medium bowl; cut in 1/2 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle mixture over rhubarb.
• Cover edge of crust with 2-inch strip aluminum foil.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until topping is golden brown and filling bubbles around edges.
• Remove aluminum foil during last 10 minutes, if desired.

COUNTRY RHUBARB PIE (OR APPLE PIE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (gas mark 4), and grease a deep 10" pie dish.
• Sieve flour, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl.
• Add powdered sugar and rub in butter.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg together with the buttermilk and gradually add this to the flour until a dough is formed.
• Knead lightly on a floured surface and divide dough in half.
• Roll out one half and use it to line the pie dish.
• Mix sugar, nutmeg, and salt.
• Fill the dish with the rhubarb and sprinkle with the sugar mixture and lemon juice.
• Roll out the remaining dough to form a pastry lid.
• Brush the rim of the pastry base with water and put on the lid.
• Glaze with the whisked egg white and dust with powdered sugar.
• Make steam slits in the lid and bake for 50-60 minutes or until the crust is lightly browned and the fruit is soft.

RHUBARB AND STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix flour and sugar. Add strawberries and chopped rhubarb. Toss with sugar and flour and let stand for 30 minutes.
• Pour filling into pie crust. Dot top with butter, and cover with top crust. Seal edges of top and bottom crust with water.
• Apply yolk to top of pie, using a pastry brush. Sprinkle with sugar. Cut small holes in top to let steam escape.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C), for 35 to 40 minutes, or until bubbly and brown. Cool on rack.

BIG GRANDMA'S RHUBARB CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Mix the eggs and cream.
• Add sugar, salt and flour.
• Add diced rhubarb in unbaked pie crust.
• Pour egg mixture over rhubarb.
• Bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking additional 45 minutes.
• Whip egg whites until peaks form.
• Add sugar.
• Add meringue mixture sealing pie and bake additional 5-10 minutes- until lightly browned.
• Cool and enjoy.

COUNTRY RHUBARB CAKE

Steps:

• Make cake:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Butter a 10-inch glass or ceramic pie plate or a 2 1/2-quart oval gratin dish and chill.
• Toss rhubarb with brown sugar in a bowl until coated.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a large bowl until combined well. Blend in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Whisk together milk, whole egg, and yolk. Make a well in center of flour mixture and add milk mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon to gradually incorporate flour and form a soft, sticky dough.
• Transfer half of dough to chilled pie plate and pat out over bottom and halfway up side with well-floured hands, then spoon rhubarb and any juices onto dough. Using a tablespoon, spoon remaining dough in small mounds evenly over top. Lightly beat egg white with a few drops of water, then lightly brush cake with egg wash. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar over top.
• Bake cake until top crust is golden and rhubarb is tender, 30 to 40 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool, about 30 minutes.
• Make whiskey cream:
• Beat cream with confectioners sugar, whiskey, and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer until it forms stiff peaks.
• Serve cake warm or at room temperature with whiskey cream.