Banana and Rhubarb Tart

Ingredients

• Bananas
• Rhubarb
• Sugar to taste
• enough cold water to moisten the fruit
• a little ground ginger may be mixed with the water

Method

1. 1

   Cut the bananas in slices and the rhubarb in short lengths.

2. 2

   Pack them tightly in the pie dish and pile high in the centre, as the rhubarb will fall considerably in baking.

3. 3

   Add sugar to taste and enough cold water to moisten the fruit.

4. 4

   Cover and bake as directed.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 570. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Banana and Rhubarb Tart This is another very nice combination of fruit. The bananas should be cut in slices and the rhubarb in short lengths. They should be packed tightly in the pie dish and piled high in the centre, as the rhubarb will fall considerably in the baking. Sugar should be added to taste and enough cold water to moisten the fruit. If liked, a little ground ginger may be mixed with the water. Cover and bake the tart as directed above. 1522. Blackberry and Apple Tart 1 lb. blackberries. 2 table-sps. water. | lb. apples. Pastry. 3 table-sps. moist sugar. Blackberries, to be good, must be freshly gathered. Pick them carefully and wash them if 356 COOKERY FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD necessary. As they are somewhat insipid in taste, a more acid fruit, such as apples or rhubarb, should be cooked along with them. Peel and slice the apples thinly and pack them into a pie dish with the blackberries and sugar. The last layer should be apples. Pour in the water, cover with short crust or any other suitable pastry, following directions as given above. Time to bake, £ to 1 hour. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. 1523. Pumpkin Pie \ pt. pumpkin puree. | pt. milk. 2 eggs. 1 tea-sp. lemon juice. Sugar and spice to taste. Short crust. To make the puree, take a good slice of pumpkin, peel it and remove the seeds and pulpy part from the inside. Cut the pumpkin in slices, and cook it in boiling salted water until tender (about 20 minutes). Then drain thoroughly, and rub the pumpkin through a sieve, or mash it with a fork until reduced to a smooth puree. Now add to this puree the eggs well beaten, milk and lemon juice, also sugar and spice to taste. Mix well together. Have ready a dish or large plate lined with short crust or other pastry (see Open Tart), pour this mixture into it and bake in a good oven until the pastry is cooked and the mixture feels firm to the touch. Sprinkle with sugar and serve hot or cold. Note. — If preferred, the mixture may be poured into a pie dish and then covered with the pastry. Time to bake, \ to £ hour. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. Probable cost, Is. 1524. Pumpkin and Apple Pie Pumpkin. Apples. 1 Spice. Water. Sugar. I Pastry. Prepare some ripe pumpkin in the same way as above and cut it in thin slices. Peel and slice thinly the same quantity of sour and juicy apples. Put the pumpkin and apple into a pie dish with sugar to taste

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