Pineapple Filling

Ingredients

• 1 can pineapple
• 2 cups fresh pineapple
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• butter size of an egg
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup sugar

Method

1. 1

   If fresh pineapple is used, add water and let cook until tender.

2. 2

   The canned does not require but a few minutes cooking.

3. 3

   Mix sugar, cornstarch and the well-beaten egg together, add to the cooked pineapple and cook until thick like custard.

4. 4

   Put butter and salt in last.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Raleigh cook book (1907) by N.C.). Ladies' Church Improvement Society First Baptist Church (Raleigh, page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pineapple Filling.—1 can pineapple, or 2 cups fresh pineapple; 1 egg yolk; 2 teaspoons cornstarch, or 1 teaspoon flour; 1-3 teaspoon salt; butter size of an egg; % cup water (if there is not much juice); 1 cup sugar

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