Blue Ribbon Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Recipes

WINNING RHUBARB-STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk egg, 4 tablespoons ice water and vinegar until blended. In a large bowl, mix flour and salt; cut in lard until crumbly. Gradually add egg mixture, tossing with a fork, until dough holds together when pressed. If mixture is too dry, slowly add additional ice water, a teaspoon at a time, just until mixture comes together., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, mix sugar and tapioca. Add rhubarb and strawberries; toss to coat evenly. Let stand 15 minutes., On a lightly floured surface, roll one half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim pastry even with rim., Add filling; dot with butter. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Cut slits in top. Brush milk over pastry; sprinkle with coarse sugar. Place pie on a baking sheet; bake 20 minutes., Reduce oven setting to 350°. Bake 45-55 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool pie on a wire rack.

AWARD-WINNING STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• 1. Mix the rhubarb, strawberries, sugar, tapioca, and lemon juice. Let sit on the counter for 30 minutes.
• 2. Meanwhile, using a fork, poke holes in the pie crust. Add parchment paper and pie weights. Then lightly bake the bottom of the pie crust for 5-10 minutes.
• 3. Cool pie crust.
• 4. Pour in the filing. Dot with small pieces of butter.
• 5. Then cover with other pie crust in whatever fashion you want.
• 6. Bake on 400 degrees for 40-45 min. I like to cover the outside edge of the crust with aluminum foil so it doesn't burn (or use a pie crust shield). Then towards the end of the baking time, I take it off to make sure it's the same color as the rest of the pie crust.
• 7. Let stand before serving.

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB CREAM PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place preferred pie crust into pie pan and crimp edges as desired.
• 2. Place a layer of strawberries in bottom of crust, then sprinkle half the rhubarb over strawberries. Repeat until all fruit is in crust.
• 3. In a bowl, combine sugar and flour very well. Add eggs,sour cream and vanilla and blend well with mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour evenly over the fruit in pie crust.
• 4. In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pour in melted butter and combine well. Add in flour and stir well. Mixture should clump together well. Crumble evenly over pie mixture.
• 5. If desired, brush pie crust edges with an egg wash. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• 6. Cool completely on a wire rack for AT LEAST 4 hours. >>>Pie needs at least 4 hours for the cream to set up

STRAWBERRY RIBBON PIE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan combine strawberry gelatin, sugar and boiling water.
• Add strawberries and lemon juice, mix well.
• Refrigerate.
• Stir every half hour until mixture mounds.
• Then whip the cream cheese in a seperate bowl with the confectioner's sugar , vanilla and salt.
• In a third bowl whip the heavy cream to soft peak stage. Fold the whipped cream cheese mixture into the whipped cream.
• Pour this mixture into the pie shell.
• Pour the strawberry mixture over that, refrigerate until ready to serve.

BLUE RIBBON STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, preserves and lemon juice.
• Add strawberries, rhubarb and tapioca.
• Set aside for 10 minutes.
• Adjust oven rack to lower 1/3 of oven.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees fahrenheit.
• Prepare bottom crust in pie plate.
• Pour in fruit.
• Top with decorated crust-top. (I like a lattice top.).
• Brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
• Place on foil-lined baking sheet.
• Bake 55 minutes or until filling is bubbling and crust is brown. (You may need to cover the edges of the crust with foil paper part way through, if crust is getting too brown.).
• Remove to wire rack and cool.