Raisin Pie
Recipe: #19170
May 20, 2015
Categories: Desserts, Orange, Raisin, Brunch, Christmas, Easter, Fathers Day Labor Day, Mothers Day, Potluck, Thanksgiving, Oven Bake, Pies, more
"This is very similar to a type of pie my grandmother used to make. She never put sour cream in it. I don't remember if she added orange juice or not. Adapted from Classic Canadian Cooking. You can use pre-made pie crust; I won't tell!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (187.1 g)
- Calories 323.7
- Total Fat - 2.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.3 g
- Cholesterol - 5.1 mg
- Sodium - 123.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 79.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 65.2 g
- Protein - 1.8 g
- Calcium - 32 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 9.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Step 2
Place raisins, boiling water, orange zest and salt in a saucepan and simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
Step 3
Combine brown sugar and cornstarch and mix well.
Step 4
Gradually add the brown sugar to the raisin mixture, stirring to prevent lumps.
Step 5
Cook over medium heat, stirring, until mixture is thick and clear.
Step 6
Remove from heat.
Step 7
Stir in orange juice, lemon juice and butter. Let cool.
Step 8
Line a 9" or 10" pie pan with pastry.
Step 9
Add raisin mixture.
Step 10
Add second piece of pastry.
Step 11
Trim pastry and press edges together.
Step 12
Cut a few slashes in the top to let out steam.
Step 13
Bake for 15 minutes.
Step 14
Reduce heat to 350°F and bake for 20-25 minutes more.
Tips
No special items needed.