With Fall fast approaching in many areas, our gardens will see numerous green tomatoes clinging to vines that will never have time to ripen before ole Jack Frost makes his sneaky first annual appearance and "blackens" everything. This is a good way to use up some of those beautiful fruits, and..quite honestly..it tastes better than an apple pie when served still warm with a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream adorning its top. The recipe is based on an old Pennsylvania Dutch one, is quick, easy and delicious! GREEN TOMATO PIE 1 1/4 cups of sugar 5 tablespoons of all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice Pinch of sea salt 4 cups of finely sliced GREEN tomatoes 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 2 frozen deep pie crusts, 8 inches in diameter 2 tablespoons butter or margarine. In a deep bowl, combine sugar, flour, spices and salt, mix well. Add the tomatoes and vinegar, toss til slices are well-coated. Place the mixture in bottom pie shell, dot top of mixture with butter or margarine, cover with second shell, flute edges with a fork to seal. Cut slits in top for ventialtion, brush with milk, sprinkle a bit of granulated sugar over all. Place pie pan on a cookie sheet or large pizza pan to catch any "overflows". Bake on middle rack in oven @ 350 degrees for 1 hour or until tomatoes are tender. This delicacy is also referred to as "Mock Apple Pie", and once tasted, you'll understand why!
I can't get my family to eat tomatoes no matter what color they are or how they are prepared. But yours does sound good. I have a Mock Apple Pie recipe that uses Ritz crackers instead of apples.
That recipe sounds delicious. My mother use to make a Mock Apple Pie, but like Toni mentioned, it was made with Ritz crackers. I never could imagine how it would taste so good and so much like apple pie, but it did.
You know,,,,I eat a lot of strange things, so this is right up my ally. I've got about 9 little tomatoes on my plants, so i may be able to get 4 cups,,lol, if not, then a smaller version of this pie then. Thanks for the recipe! Altho do you think this could be served warm as a main dish, and some grilled or carmalized garlic and onions as a topping, if the sugar and spices was cut down ofcourse. A piece of pork and open fired roasted fish. (stareing at my plants now)
Thanks one and all on the Green Tomato Pie recipe responses, have really enjoyed them. Biita: I'd try tasting the pie first, is rather on the sweet side, BUT your suggestions sure sound YUMMY! I'm in a short season growing area with weather that's unpredictable to say the least! My best producing tomato this year was a "Bush Early Girl": picked 1/2 dozen ready-to-eat ones off it (all good-sized and blemish free) and it's still loaded with 3-4 inch green ones. Might be a variety to try in your climate. Seeds come from "Tomato Growers" in Florida; web site is: www.tomatogrowers.com . They have an excellant selection, prices are very fair, quality is fabulous! Realize you're in Norway, but it's worth the try!!
Its worth a shot WnS! I'm not sure if i'm going to try to grow tomatoes next yr. I probably will tho! I can never give up a good challenge.
