Green Tomato Pie Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 quart sliced green tomatoes
½ cup water
½ cup seedless raisins
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon ginger
Grated rind of lemon
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter
1 wineglass brandy or whiskey
1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
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Directions:Pour water over the tomatoes in a pan and let simmer for five minutes or until tender. Add raisins and cook a few minutes more. Drain and save the juice. Dump tomatoes and raisins into a 9 inch pie pan lined with an unbaked pie crust. Mix the flour, sugar, and spices and sprinkle over the tomatoes and raisins. Cut up the butter and spread out in chunks over the pie. Add the rind and lemon juice. Add the brandy or whiskey. If there is still room, add some of the juice from the tomatoes and raisins to moisten the pie. Top with a slashed pie crust and bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees. Reduce heat to 375 degrees for half an hour. |
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Notes: Due to strict rationing, cooks often had to get creative. That’s probably what led to this Civil War recipe that has been handed down through the generations. As any cook knows, if you want a sweet thing but don’t always have the ingredients, sometimes you have to simply work with what is on hand. This dish is both sweet and savory. While satisfying a sweet tooth, it also provided necessary nutrition for those trying to get through the lean days of the war.
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