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Jul 10 2013

Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb season is almost over so heres a recipe to use up some of your last.

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filling;

  • 6 stalks rhubarb
  • 3 cooking apples (or other apples if desperate)
  • 2 bananas
  • 1/2 cup golden/ brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp vegan butter
  • 1 tsp ground ginger

crust;

  • equal amounts of vegan butter and flour
  • half of this amount of sugar
  • water
  • handful mixed seeds
  • tbsp ground linseed

1. Peel and cut the apples into small squares.

2. Melt the butter and sugar in a pan. Add the apple and ginger and allow to simmer until apples are soft.

3. Chop the rhubarb and banana into bite sized pieces. Mix into the apple mixture. Place in oven dish.

4. The crust; rub the sugar flour and butter into crumbs, mix in the linseed and seeds.

5. Add water a tiny bit at a time until it sticks together.

6. Kneed briefly then roll into a flat piece big enough to cover your oven dish.

7. Cover the filling with the pastry, cut away any raged edges, if you like make this into a nice pattern for the top.

8. Pierce the pastry with a fork. Oven cook until gold on top and bubbling in the middle. About 30 minutes.