| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
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Orange/lemo, Rhubarb, Tapioca |
1 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
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A recipe of double pie crust |
| 3 |
c |
Diced rhubarb |
| 1 1/2 |
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Sugar |
| 2 |
tb |
Flour |
| 1 |
tb |
Quick-cooking tapioca |
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Grated rind of half a lemon or orange |
| 1/8 |
ts |
Salt |
| 1 |
tb |
Butter |
INSTRUCTIONS
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.
Posted to recipelu-digest by Nadia Canty <wcanty@hal-pc.org> on Mar 1, 1998
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