Green Tomato Pie

Ingredients

• Slice green tomatoes
• sweeten with equal quantities of sugar and New Orleans molasses
• Cut two slices of lemon in small pieces
• Sprinkle flour thickly over the top

Method

1. 1

   Slice green tomatoes, put in an earthen saucepan, and sweeten with equal quantities of sugar and New Orleans molasses, and no water.

2. 2

   Cook over moderate heat until the tomatoes are clear.

3. 3

   Line a pie plate with paste, lay the tomatoes in it, and cover them with the syrup.

4. 4

   Mix in the lemon pieces.

5. 5

   Put a rather thick crust over and bake.

6. 6

   When the pie is cold, sprinkle over with powdered sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 187. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GREEN TOMATO PIE Slice green tomatoes, put in an earthen saucepan, and sweeten with equal quantities of sugar and New Orleans molasses, and no water. Cook over moderate heat until the tomatoes are clear. Line a pie plate with paste, lay the to- matoes in it, and cover them with the syrup. Cut two slices of lemon in small pieces, and mix in with the tomatoes. Sprinkle flour thickly over the top

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