Sliced Green Tomato Pie

Recipe Ingredients

4 cups	250g / 8.8oz	Peeled thinly sliced green tomatoes
2 tablespoons	30ml	Lemon juice
2 3/4 cups	544g / 19oz	Granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	All-purpose flour
		Pastry for 2-crust pie

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Briefly immerse tomatoes in boiling water, then in ice water; slip off skin and discard. Slice tomatoes thinly with a serrated knife. Toss with lemon juice.

In a large bowl, blend together sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and flour. Add tomatoes; toss. Place bottom crust in a 9-inch pie pan. Add tomato mixture. Cover with top crust, flute edges and cut vents. Bake until tomatoes are soft and crust is lightly browned, about 50 to 60 minutes.

Yields 8 servings.

Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 10-26-1998 - From Vegetable Desserts: Beyond Carrot Cake and Pumpkin Pie by Elisabeth Schafer and Jeannette L. Miller (Chronimed, $16.95)

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