Secret Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 pastry for double-crust pie
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 6 ounces cans almond filling
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups sliced rhubarb, fresh or frozen (partially thawed)
• 2 1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 slightly beaten egg
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 line a 9 in pie plate with 1/2 of pastry.
• 2 in a large bowl stir together sugar, cornstarch, almond filling, lemon juice,nutmeg, and salt.
• 3 stir in rhubarb and strawberries.
• 4 transfer mixture to pastry lined pie plate.
• 5 trim pastry to edge of pie plate.
• 6 dot filling with margarine or butter.
• 7 roll out remaining pastry to a 12 inch circle.
• 8 cut slits in it, and place on filling and seal.
• 9 crimp edge.
• 10 to prevent over-browning, wrap edge of pie with strips of foil.
• 11 place pie plate on baking sheet to catch any drips.
• 12 bake in a 375 oven for 25 minutes for fresh fruit and 50 minutes for frozen fruit.
• 13 remove foil.
• 14 bake 35-30 minutes more until to is golden.
• 15 during the last 10 minutes of baking, brush the top with egg and sprinkle with almonds.
• 16 cook on wire rack.