Mom's Rhubarb and Custard Pie! This is a delicious traditional family recipe, sure to take you down memory lane! The flavor combination is wonderful. Serve warm with some ice cream or whipped cream!
Mom's Rhubarb Custard Pie ! Gosh this recipe certainly can take you down memory lane! This is a wonderful, classic recipe, and as many will know, the combination of rhubarb and custard is a perfect pairing. It's a very easy recipe to make, and you can choose to use ready made pastry, or use our quick and easy recipe to make some at home.
This recipe actually came from Libby's mother's recipe collection, and Libby now makes this for her family and it's always a hit so Libby hopes everyone else will also enjoy her mom's recipe too!
For this recipe, we've used our basic shortcrust pastry. However, if you'd like to use a flaky pastry, that will also work. See our recipe for our flaky pastry dough. It's quick and easy!
You can serve this slightly warm or chilled, with a blob of ice cream, or make up a jug of warm custard. However you decide to serve this, it will be delicious, so please do enjoy Mom's rhubarb custard pie!
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Recipe by Libby Myrick
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
50 - 60 minutes
Yield
1 x 9 inch Pie
Ingredients
The Pastry
2 sheets of ready made pastry for the base and top of a 9 inch pie dish OR make your own as follows:
12 oz or 340 g Shortcrust pastry
See here if you would like a recipe to make your own pastry. You will need to DOUBLE the ingredients for the pastry recipe and add 2 Tablespoons of sugar to the mixture, to make this.
The Filling
3 eggs
3 tablespoons milk
2 cups sugar
¼ cup all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon nutmeg
4 cups rhubarb, washed and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 tablespoon butter
If you would like a ‘sharper’ taste to the pie, use less sugar. Rhubarb does have a sharp, sour taste to it and some people prefer a sharper flavor!
Instructions
1. Pre heat oven to 400 F.
2. Line a 9 or 10 inch pie dish with one piece of the pastry, taking it up the sides and over the lip of the dish. Brush the lip of the pastry with a little milk.
3. Beat eggs lightly and add the milk. Add the sugar, flour and nutmeg and combine.Then add the rhubarb.
4. Pour mixture into pastry-lined pie dish. Dot the filling with butter. Cover the pie with the remaining pie crust and using a fork, push down the pastry around the edge of the pie dish to seal. (you can also make patterns with your pastry if you are feeling creative! Brush the top of the pastry with a little extra milk .
5. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until nicely browned. Allow to cool before removing from pie dish to avoid it collapsing. It will set as it cools.
Please note, you may have a little filling and pastry left over, if so, you can make some mini ones in a muffin pan, or bake the filling in an oven dish and serve as ‘extra’ with the pie.
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Mom’s Rhubarb Custard Pie
Mom's Rhubarb and Custard Pie! This is a delicious traditional family recipe, sure to take you down memory lane! The flavor combination is wonderful. Serve warm with some ice cream or whipped cream!
Ingredients
The Pastry:
- 2 inch sheets of ready made pastry for the base and top of a 9 pie dish
The Filling:
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups sugar
**** Please note, if you would like a 'sharper' taste to the pie, use less sugar. Rhubarb does have a sharp, sour taste to it and some people prefer a sharper flavour!
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon nutmeg
- 4 cups rhubarb, washed and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 400 F.
- Line a 9 or 10 inch pie dish with one piece of the pastry, taking it up the sides and over the lip of the dish. Brush the lip of the pastry with a little milk.
- Beat eggs lightly and add the milk. Add the sugar, flour and nutmeg and combine.Then add the rhubarb.
- Pour mixture into pastry-lined pie dish. Dot the filling with butter. Cover the pie with the remaining pie crust and using a fork, push down the pastry around the edge of the pie dish to seal. (you can also make patterns with your pastry if you are feeling creative! Brush the top of the pastry with a little extra milk .
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until nicely browned. Allow to cool before removing from pie dish to avoid it collapsing. It will set as it cools.
Notes
Please note, you may have a little filling and pastry left over, if so, you can make some mini ones in a muffin pan, or bake the filling in an oven dish and serve as 'extra' with the pie.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 635Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 79mgSodium: 363mgCarbohydrates: 108gFiber: 4gSugar: 74gProtein: 7g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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