Norwegian Sour Cream And Raisin Pie Recipes

NORWEGIAN SOUR CREAM AND RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together sour cream and sugar until smooth and creamy. Stir in eggs, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, vinegar, and raisins; mix until well blended. Pour mixture into pie crust.
• Bake in a preheated oven 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in refrigerator before serving.

GRANDMA'S SOUR CREAM RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, place raisins and enough water to cover; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; set aside. , In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, salt, cloves and cinnamon. Stir in sour cream and milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir for 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat., Drain raisins, reserving 1/2 cup liquid. Gently stir liquid into filling. Add raisins, and nuts if desired. Pour into pie shell. , For meringue, in a small bowl, beat egg whites and salt on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff peaks form. Spread over hot filling, sealing edge to crust. , Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour; refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.

NORWEGIAN SOUR CREAM AND RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together sour cream and sugar until smooth and creamy. Stir in eggs, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, vinegar, and raisins; mix until well blended. Pour mixture into pie crust.
• Bake in a preheated oven 40 to 50 minutes. Cool in refrigerator before serving.

SOUR CREAM RAISIN PIE II

Steps:

• Cover raisins with 1 cup of boiling water, let stand 5 minutes.
• Drain.
• Separate egg yolks from whites, set whites aside for meringue. PASTRY: In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. In measuring cup, measure oil and add milk.
• Do not stir.
• Pour oil and milk all at once into flour mixture. Stir with a fork until well-combined and mixture comes together in a mass.
• Shape mixture into a ball and roll between sheets of plastic wrap.
• Peel plastic wrap off of top of pastry, and invert pastry into 9" pie pan.
• Crimp edge and flute. Bake pastry in 425 degree F.
• oven 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire rack.
• FILLING: In a saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt. Gradually stir in milk.
• Cook and stir until mixture is thick and bubbly.
• Reduce heat. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Beat egg yolks slightly.
• Gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into yolks.
• Return mixture to saucepan.
• Return to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat; add sour cream, butter, vanilla extract and drained raisins.
• Stir just until mixed; do not overmix.
• Pour hot filling into pie crust. MERINGUE: Combine egg whites, sugar, salt and cream of tartar.
• Stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Beat at high speed until mixture holds soft peaks.
• Add vanilla extract. Beat until mixture holds stiff peaks.
• Spread meringue over hot filling, sealing to edge. Bake in 425 degree F. oven for 4 minutes.
• Cool, cover, and chill to store. -----

SOUR CREAM RAISIN PIE

Steps:

• In a bowl soak raisins in water to cover by 2 inches at least 8 hours and up to 1 day. Drain raisins in a sieve.
• On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll out dough into a 14-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) and fit into a 9-inch glass pie plate (1 quart). Trim dough, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang, and crimp edge decoratively. Chill shell until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425° F.
• Lightly prick bottom of shell all over with a fork and line shell with foil. Fill foil with pie weights or rice and bake shell in middle of oven 15 minutes. Carefully remove foil and weights or rice and bake shell until golden, about 8 minutes more. Cool shell in pan on a rack.
• Reduce temperature to 400° F.
• Separate eggs. Chill whites until ready to use. In a bowl whisk together yolks and sour cream and whisk in 1/2 cup sugar, flour, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, salt, and raisins. Pour filling into shell and bake in middle of oven 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° F. and bake pie 30 to 40 minutes more, or until filling is set.
• Remove pie from oven but keep temperature at 350° F. In another bowl with an electric mixer beat whites until they just hold soft peaks. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until meringue just holds stiff peaks. Spread meringue over warm pie, covering filling completely and making sure meringue touches shell all the way around.
• Bake pie in middle of oven until meringue is golden, about 10 minutes. Cool pie on rack and serve at room temperature.