Mock Apple Pie Recipe
Ingredients
| Half ripe pawpaw | 1 1⁄2 Pound (just turning ripeâslightly yellow) | |
| Lemons | 2 Large | |
| Cloves | 6 | |
| Maizena | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Sugar | 1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) | |
| Water | 3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs) |
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 555 Calories from Fat 13
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1 g2.3%
Saturated Fat 0.36 g1.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 38.1 mg1.6%
Total Carbohydrates 150 g49.9%
Dietary Fiber 20.9 g83.7%
Sugars 90.1 g
Protein 7 g13.2%
Vitamin A 149.9% Vitamin C 918.8%
Calcium 27.2% Iron 11.6%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet
Directions
Remove all seeds and scrape until quite clean.
With a sharp knife cut these pieces very thinly to resemble sliced apple.
Take a large cup and for each cupful of sliced fruit take 3/4-cup cold water and 1/4-cup sugar.
Put all ingredients into an enamel sauce- pan with the 6 cloves.
Place over medium heat and stir well until it begins to boil, remove spoon and close the saucepan, simmering for 10 minutes.
Stir off and on, until the fruit is tender when pierced.
Add strained lemon juice mixed with 1 dssrtspn.
Maizena.
Stir for a few minutes; remove from stove and allow to cool and thicken.
Roll out your favourite pastry recipe and line a flan tin.
Bake in a hot oven and cool.
Remove any skin from top of cooked pawpaw mixture, beat up lightly with a fork and fill pastry case.
Cover lightly with well-whipped cream, or serve with cold custard.
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