Green Tomato Mince Pie Recipe

Ingredients for Green Tomato Mince Pie Recipe

• 1-½ quarts chopped green tomato
• 1 quart chopped tart apple
• 1 package seedless sultana raisins
• ¾ cup lemon juice
• 2 cups sorghum
• 1-½ cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons browned flour
• A sprinkle of salt

Instructions

1. Pare the tomatoes thinly, and grind through the food mill set with a coarse knife, or chop with a knife.
2. Grind or chop the apples in like manner, mix with tomato, lemon juice, sorghum, sugar, raisins and sprinkle of salt, and bring gradually to a boil.
3. Blend the browned flour with cold water to a smooth paste, and add to the boiling mixture.
4. Let boil continuously for 15 minutes, care being taken that it does not scorch; then set aside in a crock, in a cold place.
5. Line a pie tin with pastry, add the cooked fruit, and sprinkle with small bits of vegetable butter
6. Cover with a perforated crust and bake the same as apple pie.

Note: This filling should be made a few days before suing, as it will have far richer flavor than if used freshly cooked.
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