Cantaloupe Raspberry Pie Food

CREAMY CANTALOUPE PIE

Steps:

• 1. Puree cantaloupe.
• 2. Combine sugar and flour in a saucepan; add eggs, mixing well after each addition. Stir in cantaloupe puree and cook over medium heat 8 - 10 minutes. Stir constantly, until mixture boils and thickens.
• 3. Remove from heat, stir in butter and vanilla. Cool.
• 4. Pour filling into baked pie shell.
• 5. Spread evenly with whipped cream. Chill.

CANTALOUPE PIE

Steps:

• Peel and seed the melon, cut in chunks and process in a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Pour into a large mixing bowl; set aside.
• Combine 1/2 melon puree and cream cheese in blender.
• Process until smooth.
• Add to remaining puree and set aside.
• Combine sugar, gelatin and orange juice in a small saucepan.
• Cook on low heat, stirring until sugar and gelatin dissolve.
• Slowly add to melon mixture, stirring well.
• Pour into crust.
• Chill until firm.
• Garnish pie with Cool Whip and melon balls.

CANTALOUPE PIE I

Steps:

• Select a cantaloupe of good quality. Cut in half, remove seeds, and scoop pulp into a saucepan. Place pulp over medium heat until it comes to a gentle boil. Mash the cantaloupe as it heats. This should make about 2 cups of pulp.
• Combine 1/2 cup sugar, flour, and salt. Add to heated cantaloupe and cook, stirring, until thick. The amount of flour seems large, but it takes considerable thickening to obtain correct consistency.
• In a large bowl, beat egg yolks; add water to yolks. Add a little of the cantaloupe mixture to egg yolks in order to heat yolks gradually. Stir egg yolks mixture into cantaloupe mixture. Continue cooking, stirring, until thick and creamy. Remove from heat.
• Add butter or margarine and flavoring to the cantaloupe mixture.
• Pour into baked pie shell.
• Beat egg whites and cream of tartar together until frothy. Continue beating, adding the 6 tablespoons sugar gradually; beat until thick peaks form. Top the pie with this meringue.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) until delicately brown on top.

CANTALOUPE RASPBERRY SHAKE

Steps:

• In a blender, blend 2 cups of the cantaloupe, the sorbet, and the ice until the mixture is almost smooth. Add the remaining 2 cups cantaloupe, belnd the mixture until it is smooth, and pour into chilled glasses.

MARSHMALLOW RASPBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Combine crust ingredients. Press into a 9-in. pie plate; chill., Meanwhile, heat marshmallows and milk in a saucepan over low until smooth. Cool. Fold in cream and food coloring if desired. Spoon half into the crust. Top with half the raspberries. Repeat layers. Chill until firm, about 3 hours.

STRAWBERRY CANTALOUPE PIE

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese and milk and spread over the bottom of the pre-baked pie shell.
• Crush strawberries slightly and combine with water; simmer for 5 minutes then press throgh a sieve.
• Discard the seeds.
• Blend sugar, cornstarch, and salt, then stir into strawberry mixture.
• Cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly until the mixture comes to boil.
• Continue stirring over low heat for 2 minutes.
• The mix will be thick and translucent.
• Remove from heat and stir in butter and lemon peel.
• Add a few drops red food coloring, mix inches.
• Cool until lukewarm.
• Place cantaloupe balls in pie shell on top of cream cheese mix.
• Spoon strawberry glaze over them.
• Let glaze set before serving.

CANTALOUPE GRAPPA SEMIFREDDO

Steps:

• Line loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving an overhang at each end. Purée melon with 1/3 cup sugar, grappa, grenadine (if using), and salt in a blender until smooth. Transfer to large metal bowl and stir in yolks. Set bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and beat with mixer until pale, thick, and tripled in volume and registers 170°F on an instant-read thermometer, about 8 minutes.
• Remove bowl from saucepan and set in a large ice bath. Continue to beat until cold, about 6 minutes.
• Beat cream with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in other large bowl using cleaned beaters until it just holds soft peaks. Fold whipped cream into cantaloupe mixture gently but thoroughly.
• Pour mixture into pan and freeze, loosely covered with plastic wrap, until firm, at least 5 hours. Uncover top and invert semifreddo onto a plate.

CANTALOUPE CREAM PIE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place flour and powdered sugar in large bowl. Cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press dough into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch deep dish pie plate.
• Bake crust in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Place the cantaloupe in a medium saucepan over medium heat. In a 2 or 4 cup measuring cup, whisk together sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt, and then stir into the cantaloupe. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a low boil and begins to thicken. Beat egg yolks and water together in a small bowl. Gradually stir in small amounts of cantaloupe mixture to prevent yolks from curdling. Pour yolk mixture back into pan and continue cooking for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Once cooled slightly, pour into pre-baked, cooled pie shell.
• In a bowl, cream together the Neufchatel cheese and sugar. Beat in milk and vanilla until smooth, then fold in thawed frozen whipped topping until well blended. Spread evenly over cantaloupe layer. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.