Rhu Berry Pie Recipes

GRANDMA'S STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Crust Preparation:
• Using 2 pastry blenders, blend the flours, sugar, shortening, butter and salt. Whisk the egg, vinegar and water in a 2-cup measure and pour over the dry ingredients incorporating all the liquid without overworking the dough. Toss the additional flour over the ball of dough and chill if possible. Divide the dough into 2 disks. Roll out 1 piece of dough to make a bottom crust. Place into a pie dish. Put dish in refrigerator to chill.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Filling Preparation:
• Mix the rhubarb, strawberries, sugar, tapioca, flour, zest and juice of lemon, dash of cinnamon, and vanilla. Mix well in a large bowl and pour out into chilled crust. Dot the top of the filling with the butter. Brush edges of pie crust with egg white wash. Roll out the other piece of dough and place over filling. Crimp to seal edges. Brush with egg white wash and garnish with large granule sugar. Collar with foil and bake at 425 degrees F for 15 minutes. Decrease temperature to 375 degrees F and bake for an additional 45 to 50 minutes, or until the filling starts bubbling. Higher altitude will take 450 degrees F and 400 degrees F respectively. Also, you can use a pie bird for extra decor. Let cool before serving.

STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Make pastry. Mix sugar, flour and orange peel in large bowl. Stir in rhubarb and strawberries. Turn into pastry-lined pie plate. Dot with butter.
• Trim overhanging edge of pastry 1/2 inch from rim of plate. Roll other round of pastry. Fold into fourths and cut slits so steam can escape. Place pastry over filling and unfold. Trim overhanging edge of top pastry 1 inch from rim of plate. Fold and roll top edge under lower edge, pressing on rim to seal; flute. Sprinkle with additional sugar if desired.
• Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning. Remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking. Bake about 55 minutes or until crust is golden brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust. Serve warm or cool.

RHU-BERRY PIE

Steps:

• Roll out pastry to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Transfer pastry to pie plate. Trim pastry to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edges., In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in apple juice until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. Add rhubarb; cook and stir gently 2-3 minutes or just until heated through. Stir in blueberries. Spoon mixture into pie shell., Place a foil-lined baking sheet on a rack below the pie to catch any spills. Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until bubbly. Cool completely on a wire rack.

RHU-BERRY SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 9- or 8-inch square pan with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, sour cream, water, oil and egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Spread batter in pan. Top evenly with rhubarb and blueberries.
• In small bowl, stir topping ingredients until well mixed. Sprinkle evenly over batter and fruit.
• Bake 9-inch pan 30 to 40 minutes, 8-inch pan 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes. Serve warm or cool, Garnish with sweetened whipped cream and fresh mint leaves, if desired. Store loosely covered.

RHUBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Bring pie crusts to room temp, as directed on package. When crusts are at room temp, handling them the way the box instructions tell you, put one of them into a 9" pie plate. (If you prefer to make a home-made crust for a two-crust pie, that's great! Go for it! ha!) Preheat oven to 400°.
• In a large bowl, toss the fruit w/ the lemon juice, to coat.
• Mix in all other filling ingredients. Toss filling ingreds. gently, to mix.
• Spoon into crust-lined pie plate.
• Cut up the second crust into small rectangles, about 2" x 1-1/2" in size. [Hint: use a pizza cutter to do this; makes it really easy!] Lay these small rectangles across the pie filling, alternating rows, leaving about an inch between squares [to look like a checkerboard pattern]. Corners of the crust pieces should touch, from row to row. Take remaining pieces and line the edge of the pie crust with them, overlapping, if necessary. (See JAP's version of the checkerboard top in their photo, above). TIP: use a small cookie cutter instead of cutting 2nd crust into rectangles. Lay cookie cutter shapes on top of filling for a creative look! I use my heart- or star- or flower-shaped bread tubes as cutters; the shapes look great on top of pies! I used the flower-shaped bread tube in the main recipe photo).
• Brush the crust with the milk, using a soft pastry brush. Friends from where I used to live in New England call this "washing its face!" Sprinkle the coarse sugar onto the milky crust.
• Cover the crust edge with foil, to prevent excessive browning HINT: instead of using several thin strips of foil around edges, and fighting w/them to stay on, try this ... tear off a square of foil, and cut a circle out of the middle, leaving a "frame" of about 2" to cover the outer edge of the pie. Remove foil during the last 15 - 20 minutes of baking time.
• Bake for approx 45 - 50 minutes, or until the filling is bubbly in the middle and the crust is a pretty golden brown. PROTECT YOUR OVEN by putting pie onto a cookie sheet before putting in the oven. If it boils over, you'll have a real red/purple mess! Cool to room temp before serving.