Green Tomato Mince Pie

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 quarts chopped green tomato
• 2 cups sorghum
• 1 quart chopped tart apple
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 package seedless sultana raisins
• 6 tablespoons browned flour
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• A sprinkle of salt

Method

1. 1

   Pare the tomatoes thinly, and grind through a food mill set with a coarse knife, or chop with a knife.

2. 2

   Grind or chop the apples in like manner, mix with tomato, lemon juice, sorghum, sugar, raisins, and a sprinkle of salt, and bring gradually to a boil.

3. 3

   Blend the browned flour with cold water to a smooth paste, and add to the boiling mixture.

4. 4

   Let boil continuously for 15 minutes, care being taken that it does not scorch; then set aside in a crock, in a cold place.

5. 5

   Line a pie tin with pastry, add the cooked fruit, sprinkle with small bits of vegetable butter, cover with a perforated crust, brush with milk, and bake the same as apple pie.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Science of food & cookery (1921) by H. S. Anderson, page 119. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GREEN TOMATO MINCE PIE il/2 quarts chopped green tomato 2 cups sorghum i quart chopped tart apple il/2 cups sugar I package seedless sultana raisins 6 tablespoons browned flour Y$ cup lemon juice A sprinkle of salt

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