Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
The perfect summer pie.
Ingredients
Crust
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 6 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 8 to 10 tablespoons ice water
Strawberry Rhubarb Filling
- 3 ½ cups diced rhubarb (½-inch thick slices) reddest stalks are best
- 1 (16 oz.) container strawberries, hulled, halved (about 3 ½ cups)
- ½ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup packed golden brown sugar
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Whisk flour, sugar and salt; cut in butter and shortening forming coarse crumbs with butter bits about the size of small peas.
- Using a fork, toss in just enough ice water until the dough sticks together forming a ball.
- Divide dough in half, wrap in plastic and chill at least 30 minutes.
- Toss all filling ingredients together; let stand 30 minutes.
- Heat oven 400F.
- Roll out half of pie dough and fit into 9-inch pie plate. Roll out remaining pie dough into 13-inch circle; cut into fourteen ½-inch-wide strips.
- Drain juices from filling into a microwave safe 2-cup measure. (you should have about ⅓ cup of cloudy pink juice).
- Microwave the juices on high for 1 minute; it should come to a rolling boil.
- Spoon filling into crust. Pour juice over filling.
- Arrange 7 dough strips atop filling, spacing evenly. Form lattice by placing remaining dough strips in opposite direction atop. filling.
- Trim ends of dough strips even with overhang of bottom crust. Fold strip ends and overhang under, pressing to seal. Crimp edges.
- Transfer pie to foil-lined baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
- Bake pie until golden and filling is bubbly and thickens, about 65 to 75 minutes.
- Transfer pie to rack and cool completely.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 sliceCalories: 505kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 6gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 373mgPotassium: 224mgFiber: 2gSugar: 26gVitamin A: 492IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 67mgIron: 2mg
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