My bride was off doing something else, and I suddenly developed a hankering for pie. I love pie. I don’t make pie. But I was home alone, so I guess I needed to figure something out. This is what I figured out.
It’s pretty good. Makes one 5" pie. That's enough for two people if you're polite, or one if you're not.
Ingredients:
Crust:
1" from a cube of butter. Warm is better.
1 egg.
2 sticks of fresh rhubarb, cleaned, sliced thin.
1/2 cup sugar.
Some cinnamon. Let’s guess at 1/2 teaspoon.
Start the filling and let it cook gently for a while. I added the rhubarb and sugar to a saucepan while I prepared the apple, and I added that as soon as it was ready. Let that simmer.
I added all crust ingredients to a bowl, and mixed it real well with a fork. It took a while. I added a little more flower to keep it from getting goopy.
Dust the cutting board with flour, and roll out the dough. Cut a piece big enough to fill the pan, and bake it at 350F for 15 minutes or until golden brown. I poked holes in the bottom before I baked it to make me look like I know what I was doing.
Add the filling. Don’t forget the cinnamon before you pour it into the cooked crust, or you’ll have to pour it back into the pot, add cinnamin, cook a little longer, and pour back into the crust. Squeeze the remaining dough into a ball, and roll out on the floured cutting board. Cut into strips and make something nice on the top of the filling.
Bake at 350 for 5 or 10 more minutes. All we really need to do is make sure the top crust is done. Then let it cool to not much more than room temperature.
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, or cooled down the next day with sharp cheddar cheese.
