Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie


Serves: 8
Total Calories: 484

Ingredients

Pastry for Two-Crust Pie (below)
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon grated orange peel, if desired
3 cups sliced strawberries
3 cups cut-up rhubarb (1/2-inch pieces)
1 tablespoon margarine or butter
Pastry for Two-Crust Pie
2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons shortening
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 to 5 tablespoons cold water

Directions:

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
1. Heat oven to 425°. Prepare pastry.
2. Mix sugar, flour and orange peel in large bowl. Stir in strawberries and rhubarb. Turn pastry-lined pie plate. Dot with margarine. Cover with top pastry that has slits cut in it seal and flute. Sprinkle with 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.
3. Bake about 55 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust. Cool in pie plate on wire rack.

Pastry for Two-Crust Pie
1. Cut shortening into flour and salt, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until particles are size of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons water can be added if necessary).
2. Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured cloth-covered board. Divide pastry in half and shape into 2 rounds. Roll one round into circle 2 inches larger than upside-down pie plate, 9 x 1 1/4 inches, with floured cloth-covered rolling pin. Fold pastry into fourths place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Place filling in pastry. 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.

1 SERVING: Calories 560 (Calories from Fat 200) Fat 22g (Saturated 5g) Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 310mg Carbohydrates 88g (Dietary Fiber 3g) Protein 5g.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 484
Calories from Fat: 152

This Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie recipe is from the Betty Crocker's Best-Loved Recipes Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.




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