A recipe of double pie crust
3 c Diced rhubarb
1 1/2 Sugar
2 tb Flour
1 tb Quick-cooking tapioca
Grated rind of half a lemon
-or orange
1/8 ts Salt
1 tb Butter
Line a 9-inch pie tin with half the pastry and sprinkle a little flour over
it. Combine rhubarb, sugar, tapioca, lemon rind and salt and put in pastry
shell. Dot with butter. Arrange a lattice of pastry strips on top. Bake in
moderate 350 degrees F. oven for 1 hour.
Tips on Rhubarb
1. Rhubarb has medicinal value.
2. It is astringent, cathartic and a fine tonic.
3. It is much used as a gentle laxative for infants.
4. Herb book from 1597 states: “Steeped with anise, rhubarb helps the
jaundice and such like diseases…..It purifieth the blood and makes young
wenches to look faire and cherry-like.
5. Many people freeze young pink rhubarb in the spring when it is at its
best. Others can the strained rhubarb juice for a refreshing summer drink.
Some make wine of it, and some make a tart sherbet or sweet conserve of it.
Rhubarb has a hundred uses, and here are a few good ways to prepare it.
6. It is high in floride.
NOTES : Notes: Simple, easy, and delicious.
Yields
1 Servings