American Persimmon Pie Food

PERSIMMON PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place a sheet pan on the lowest oven rack to preheat.
• Combine eggs, cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Whisk in cream, persimmon pulp, melted butter, and lemon juice. Pour into unbaked pie shell.
• Bake for 10 minutes on preheated sheet pan. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake an additional 30 minutes, or until center is almost set but still slightly jiggly. Cool completely before slicing. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

AMERICAN PERSIMMON PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Mix persimmon pulp, egg and milk.
• Mix dry ingredients together and add to first mixture.
• Pour into unbaked pastry shell and bake for ten minutes; reduce to 350F and bake for 50 to 60 minutes longer.
• Cool and serve garnished with lightly sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

PERSIMMON BANANA PIE

Steps:

• Prepare the crust. Mix together the flour, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Quickly cut together the butter and applesauce into the flour mixture using a fork or pastry blender until mix looks like coarse cornmeal. Slowly add ice water until mix forms a dough. Shape dough into ball then roll out to desired thickness with a rolling pin on a flat floured surface.
• Lightly spray a 9 inch glass pie baking dish with cooking spray then carefully place rolled out crust into pie dish. Trim off excess and design edges if you wish. Place in freezer for 30 minute.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• In a blender or food processer, blend together the persimmon pulp and bananas. Once smooth add the rest of the filling ingredients and process until well mixed.
• Get pie crust from the freezer and pour filling into crust. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes then reduce oven temp to 350 degrees and cook for 50-60 minutes until toothpick comes out of center clean.