Fresh Rhubarb Pie

"Wayne- Here is my grandmother's recipe."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
8
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ingredients

  • pastry dough, for double-crust 9-inch pie
  • 1 12 cups sugar
  • 2 12 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 14 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 12 teaspoon orange rind, grated
  • 14 cup orange juice
  • 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
  • 4 cups rhubarb, sliced
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directions

  • Roll half of pastry to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Place in a 9-inch pie plate; trim off excess pastry along edges.
  • Cover with plastic wrap, and chill until ready to fill.
  • Combine sugar, cornstarch and nutmeg in a heavy saucepan, stirring to blend cornstarch well.
  • Stir in orange rind, juice and butter.
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly.
  • Stir in rhubarb.
  • Spoon rhubarb mixture into prepared pastry shell.
  • Roll remaining pastry to 1/4-inch thickness; cut into 1/2-inch strips.
  • Arrange strips, lattice fashioned, across top of pie. Trim strips even with edges; fold edges under and flute. Bake at 425°F or 10 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to 350°F and bake an additional 30 minutes or until crust is brown.
  • ENJOY!

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Reviews

  1. I went searching the site for a fresh rhubarb pie and this is one of them I found. It turned out to be VERY GOOD!! The orange juice and zest compliments the rhubarb. It was an easy pie to make. Not too sweet, but sweet enough. We will have this again!
     
  2. Loved this pie. My favorite rhubarb pie is Strwbry/rhbrb but this was a wonderful change. Took it to a gathering and got rave reviews on it, infact one guest prefered it better then the regular one. But I also took the cornstarch out and replaced it with 1/4 c. flour and 2 @ tbsps. minute tapioca.(not to juicey/not to dry)
     
  3. Delicious! I added 1/8 cup more sugar (we didn't think too sweet) and a few drops of strawberry and orange extract as did not have a fresh orange, plus 1/2 teaspoon more cornstarch. I made with a full top crust, brushed with light cream and sprinkled generously with turbinado sugar. Son and husband loved it "awesome" their comment. Fruit texture was perfect and nicely set once cooled. Baking another pie now for our son-in-law whom is big fan of rhubarb. Baking time per comments varies; I baked it for 55 minutes and the top crust crispy and nicely golden brown. Definitely a keeper recipe.
     
  4. Great pie. Made it with just 1 cup of sugar and it was plenty sweet for me. I was afraid it would be too runny after pouring the mixture into the crust, but it set up nicely after cooling. I baked it for closer to an hour.
     
  5. This recipe was fabulous! I followed the advice of previous reviewers and increased the cornstarch to 4-1/2 Tbsp and it set up perfectly!! I actually made two pies--one, strawberry-rhubarb (added about 1-1/2 cups fresh sliced strawberries to basic recipe and decreased rhubarb by about 1 cup) and I made a rhubarb pie for the purists in my family...High praise for both and this recipe is definitely going in my keeper file. Thank you!
     
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Tweaks

  1. This is the only rhubarb pie I will ever use!!! awesome..usually I have to throw out or freeze portions...hated to see it end..begging for more rhubarb already...I used instant clear jel instead of cornstarch..and slightly more grated orange peel...thanks so much...can't say enough...wish I know how to submit a picture...I am going to try your technique with lemons and apples...can't wait...
     

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