Pie Recipes

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Almond Streusel Topping

Our Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Almond Streusel Topping sports a crunchy topping with distinct almond notes. Along with tulips and daffodils, rhubarb is the first thing to pop in many spring gardens. And rhubarb means pie. The classic combination of strawberries and rhubarb makes our mouths water.

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Yield: one 10 inch pie

Ingredients

Pie Crust

  • 1 3/4 cups (8 ounces) all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick + 2 tablespoons (5 ounces) unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons shortening or additional butter
  • 1/3 cup ice water

Filling

  • 3 cups sliced strawberries, about 1 quart
  • 3 cups rhubarb, diced into 1 inch pieces (about 1 pound trimmed)
  • 1/3 cup minute tapioca
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

Topping

  • 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup Love’n Bake® Almond Paste, grated
  • 1/2 stick (2 ounces) unsalted butter, melted
  • Ice cream or sour cream for garnish

Instructions

  1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Pie Crust

  1. Combine the flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Cut the butter into several pieces. Add the butter and shortening to the bowl of the food processor. Blend until the mixture resembles cornmeal, about 15 to 20 seconds. Add the ice water and pulse several times until the mixture begins to come together into a smooth ball of dough.
  2. Gather the dough together. Form it into a flat disk. Wrap it in plastic and chill it for an hour or more before using.

Filling

  1. Combine the sliced strawberries, rhubarb, tapioca, salt and sugar in a bowl. Stir to blend the ingredients. Let sit for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to distribute the tapioca and sugar.
  2. Make the Topping while the filling rests.

Topping

  1. Combine the rolled oats, flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Stir in the grated Love’n Bake® Almond Paste. Add the melted butter and stir until the mixture is thoroughly moistened.
  2. Roll out the crust 1/3 to 1/4 inch thick on a well-floured surface. Drape the crust over a 10-inch pie pan. Trim leaving a 1/2-inch of dough hanging over the edge. Fold over the edge of the dough and crimp. (Save the extra dough for a small pie or quiche shell.)
  3. Fill the pie with the fruit filling. Scatter the streusel evenly over the top of the fruit covering it evenly.
  4. Bake the pie for 45 to 55 minutes until the topping and crust are evenly browned and the filling is bubbling in several places.
  5. Cool on a wire rack before serving with ice cream or a spoon of sour cream.

Notes

We recommend a mealy piecrust for the bottom of this juicy pie. Mealy crust is made by cutting the fat into the dough until it resembles cornmeal. This crust resists getting soggy as would a crust made from flaky pie dough. The topping is a variation of one we use for fruit crumble or crisp. In fact, you could make this without a bottom crust to be scooped and served in a bowl with ice cream on top.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Love'n Bake® - American Almond



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