Mock Apple Pie Secret Zucchini Pie Recipes

ZAPPLE PIE - ZUCCHINI APPLE PIE - MOCK "APPLE PIE" MADE WITH ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Prepare pie dough by mixing together flour and salt. Cut in fat using a food processor or pie blender until mixture resembles course crumbs. Gently sprinkle water over flour mixture and stir together until dough holds shape. Do not overmix. Flatten into two disks and refrigerate.
• If you haven't already done so, fillet your zucchini. Slices should be about 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick.
• Combine the zucchini and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until the zucchini starts to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Add the sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and simmer for 5 minutes longer.
• Remove zucchini from heat. Stir in tapioca and let stand for 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425°F and place a rack in the lower third of the oven.
• While zucchini is resting, roll out pie crust. I prefer to roll out my pie crust on lightly floured wax paper so it is easier to move around. Place bottom crust in 9 inch pie plate. Cut small slits in top crust for steam to escape (or wait to cut slits until after the crust is on the pie).
• Spoon zucchini filling into bottom crust. Place top crust and crimp edges. If you didn't cut slits earlier, cut them now.
• Place pie on rack in lower third of oven. Use pie drip pan and pie crust shield if desired. Bake for 20 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350°F and bake for 30 minutes more. Sprinkle top of pie with reserved sugar. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, more, until crust is golden and the juices are bubbling through the slits.
• Remove pie from oven and cool on wire rack.

ZUCCHINI APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel the zucchini. Cut into quarters lengthwise, then remove seeds and cut crosswise (as you would cut apples for apple pie). Toss together 4 cups chopped zucchini, lemon juice and salt. Place mixture into frying pan and cook until tender-crisp.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon, cream of tartar, nutmeg and flour. Add the cooked zucchini to sugar mixture and mix well. It will be a little runny, but that's OK.
• Place filling into a 9 inch pie crust, dot with butter, and place top crust on. Bake in oven at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

ZUCCHINI PIE "MOCK APPLE PIE"

Steps:

• pre heat oven to 400 degrees.
• cook zucchini until tender, drain water well add in salt and lemon juice.
• Add all dry ingredients together mix well. (I added a pinch or two of brown sugar also).
• take and add drained zucchini to the dry ingredients mix well, will be runny but that's ok it will set up.
• Dump filling in 2 9 inch unbaked pie crusts and dot with butter on top add the top pie crust and seal edges make vent holes on top.
• Put into oven at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

ZUCCHINI MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Cook zucchini slices in boiling water until barely tender, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from stove and drain very well and cool.Remove as much moisture as you can with paper towels.
• In a bowl, toss zucchini with sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, cream of tartar, cornstarch or flour, and salt until well coated.
• Place lightly floured pastry in a 9-inch, pan.
• Fill with zucchini mixture.
• Dot with butter, drizzle with vinegar.
• Top with crust.
• Brush top crust lightly with water and sprinkle crust with sugar.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 425.
• Reduce heat to 350 and bake about 45 minutes.
• Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• Or serve chilled.

MOCK APPLE PIE (SECRET ZUCCHINI PIE)

Steps:

• Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• Combine the first eight ingredients, and pat half of this mixture in the bottom of the pan. Save the rest of mixture for later.
• Cook the zucchini, lemon juice, water, spices, and half of the second half of the mixture(1/4 of the total). Cook until thick.
• Pour over crust.
• Put the last 1/4 of the mixture on top.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.
• Freezes well.