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Sour Cream Raisin Pie

Type: Fruit
Courses: Dessert, Pies
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Filling
1 1/3 cups 213g / 7.5ozRaisins
  Boiling water
2/3 cup 131g / 4.6ozSugar
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlSalt
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozCornstarch
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlNutmeg
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlCinnamon
1   Cloves
1 1/2 cups 355mlSour cream
1/2 cup 118mlButtermilk
3   Egg yolks - beaten
2 teaspoons 10mlLemon juice
1   Nine-inch pie shell - baked until
  Light brown
  Meringue
3   Egg whites
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlVanilla extract
1   Salt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlCream of tartar
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozSugar

Recipe Instructions

Filling: Barely cover raisins with boiling water; let stand 1 hour. Drain well.

Combine sugar, salt, cornstarch, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. Add sour cream, buttermilk, egg yolks and lemon juice. Add drained raisins. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened to pudding-like consistency, about 5 minutes.

Chill until firm, about 45 minutes. When cool, spread filling into pie shell.

Meringue: Beat egg whites, vanilla and salt until light and foamy; add cream of tartar and beat to soft peaks; add sugar gradually and beat to stiff peaks.

Spread meringue on top of pie and bake at 425 degrees to brown meringue, about 5 minutes.

This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Each of 8 servings: 394 calories; 279 mg sodium; 122 mg cholesterol; 16 grams fat; 59 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams protein; 0.36 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 08-25-1999

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