Rhubarb Lemon Pie
Ingredients:

1 plain pastry

3 cups diced Washington Rhubarb

1 cup sugar

1 cup flour

1 egg slightly beaten

¾ teaspoon grated lemon rind

1 tablespoon lemon juice

½ cup water

 

Directions:
Line 9" pie pan with pastry and fill with diced rhubarb.  Combine sugar and flour and stir in egg, lemon rind, juice and water; cook over boiling water until slightly thickened.  Pour over rhubarb and top with strips of pastry in lattice work design.  Bake in at 450°F for 15 minutes then reduce heat to 350°F and bake 30 minutes longer. 
 
Courtesy of:
Washington Rhubarb Growers Association
253-863-7333

We harvest Washington rhubarb from hothouses January through March and then hand cut from fields April through September.  The colorful plant is grown in our valley, in the shadow of Mt. Rainier.

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