Best ever amish rhubarb pie

 One of my favourite Amish cookbooks has a recipe for rhubarb pie that we LOVE! It has been tweaked for british oven. But it is like rhubarb and custard in a pie!!  

start with 6oz pastry (6oz flour 3 oz fat)

And chill it :)

Next we need to go pick sone rhubarb...3 cups to be precise.

Yum! Now, heat the oven to 220 degrees. Then line a pie plate with the pastry.

Next I make the crumb topping or I forget to!
3tbsp flour, 3 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp butter, smushed together...don't melt the butter, trust me..just smush.

Cut the rhubarb into bits and place in pie shell..

Combine 1 1/4 cup sugar,
pinch salt,
2tbsp water
3tbsp flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
and 2 eggs to make a smooth paste and pour over rhubarb.

Top with the crumbs and bake for ten minutes at the high temperature. Lower heat to 170 degrees and continue to bake for another 30 mins.

PIE!!!! This is one of the best recipes I've found so far for rhubarb...and I've tried a few as we have 2 big clumps and 2 new ones!  And as its custardy you don't need to make custard to go with it!!
BBS x

Running low

Do you see that? A space!!! I could actually fit things in the freezer! Apart from one thing...
Money earnt - zero, money spent - 26.89!!!
the total I have left in the money pot is now £1.36!!
I'll have to check my little stall tomorrow to see if I'll earn enough to finish the month!!
Today we planted another 10 rows of potatoes! Thats 54 in total...and then it rained heavily and we decided to leave the last bit of land to put leeks on!
Whilst waiting for the thinrd person to be ready I 'found' strawberry runners. I was sure there must be some from dads 2 plants he had last year and lo and behold... I have found 22 so far!!
So, as I found 6 old milk bottles...

6 strawberry pods ready to be hung :) And the rest?
The other 16 found there way into the tidied rhubarb patch as there is no other garden for them to go into!

The first wheelbarrow full of shredded wood...

Much tidier than before, and weeded too! Which made me go weed other bits of garden too!
sausage and chips for tea, as I'd used up alot of energy today!! And I really fancy pie, but haven't made one!
And why was my shopping so much? They had condensed milk in aldi!!! It was 89p and I shelf filled and bought 10!!! I just can't cope with spaces! And I looked at the tortillas and thought 85p, thats alot for flour and lard and wouldn't buy any! My brain works in funny ways :)
Well, I'm all tired out so it must be bathtime!!!
*yawns*
BBS x

Purple Thursday

Why purple thursday? Well...
there was alot of purple in my day...remember the last of the PSB?

Well, thats half of it in the collander. Ready to be blanched...

4 Little bags for the freezer! :) And the rest???

Chopped up very fine and in the dehydrator! Bye bye PSB!!! So that was purple #1.
Purple #2....

Ahh remember the last of the purple cabbage in the basket? All chippety chopped up and ready to freeze. It makes great freezer slaw :) great for some crunch with pitta's!

9 bags of it!! Guess what? The freezer is very full again. I'm hoping to find time over the next week to transfer all the veg I've frozen to the smaller freezer!

Purple #3

The very last of the beetroot, not as sweet and lovely as at the beginning of the season but waste not want not..pickle-tastic:)

The last 2 lonely ones became OH's roll filling at lunch time...purple rolls? Yick!
What else went purple do you think???

OK, so vaguely blue fingers! Oh dear! I wonder if it will wear off as its girls night out tomorrow night! Girls is a bit of a misnomer...its me and my friend and maybe her daughter!!
Also made choccy fudge brownies...but you've seen those before :) And as I had some pastry left from the pastyfest and as the rhubarb is looking ready..

Rhubarb pie :) yum yum and its one of OH's favourites...aint I loverly!!
Toady I earnt...nowt..but spent nowt!!
And lastly...this is for mommy....

Fried onions!!! Hot dogs for tea!! Not healthy but quick and everyone loves them!!
Got a busy few days and nights ahead so if I go missing don't panic..girls night out tomorrow night. Saturday is DS's 18th birthday :D and he is going to the big city with his big sis and going out on the town!! Meaning I get some grown up time!!!
BBS x I may not be being good ;-)