Zucchini Apple Pie Recipe 445 Food

ZUCCHINI APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel the zucchini. Cut into quarters lengthwise, then remove seeds and cut crosswise (as you would cut apples for apple pie). Toss together 4 cups chopped zucchini, lemon juice and salt. Place mixture into frying pan and cook until tender-crisp.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon, cream of tartar, nutmeg and flour. Add the cooked zucchini to sugar mixture and mix well. It will be a little runny, but that's OK.
• Place filling into a 9 inch pie crust, dot with butter, and place top crust on. Bake in oven at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

ZUCCHINI MOCK APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Cook zucchini slices in boiling water until barely tender, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from stove and drain very well and cool.Remove as much moisture as you can with paper towels.
• In a bowl, toss zucchini with sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, cream of tartar, cornstarch or flour, and salt until well coated.
• Place lightly floured pastry in a 9-inch, pan.
• Fill with zucchini mixture.
• Dot with butter, drizzle with vinegar.
• Top with crust.
• Brush top crust lightly with water and sprinkle crust with sugar.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 425.
• Reduce heat to 350 and bake about 45 minutes.
• Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
• Or serve chilled.

ZUCCHINI PIE "MOCK APPLE PIE"

Steps:

• pre heat oven to 400 degrees.
• cook zucchini until tender, drain water well add in salt and lemon juice.
• Add all dry ingredients together mix well. (I added a pinch or two of brown sugar also).
• take and add drained zucchini to the dry ingredients mix well, will be runny but that's ok it will set up.
• Dump filling in 2 9 inch unbaked pie crusts and dot with butter on top add the top pie crust and seal edges make vent holes on top.
• Put into oven at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

ZUCCHINI APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel zucchini and slice in half lengthwise.
• Scrape out soft center and seeds, and slice thin.
• Combine lemon juice and water.
• Put sliced zucchini and lemon water into a deep skillet with a tight-fitting lid, and simmer, stirring often until zucchini is limp& opaque.
• Volume will reduce by about half.
• Drain but do not rinse.
• Leave over sink to continue to drain.
• Fit pie crust to pan.
• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg& salt.
• Add zucchini slices to bowl and toss to mix well.
• Put zucchini mixture in pie shell.
• For crumb topping, mix all dry ingredients.
• Cut in margarine.
• Put all crumbs on top of pie.
• Bake in preheated 400 degree oven for 45 minutes.

MOCK APPLE PIE (SECRET ZUCCHINI PIE)

Steps:

• Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• Combine the first eight ingredients, and pat half of this mixture in the bottom of the pan. Save the rest of mixture for later.
• Cook the zucchini, lemon juice, water, spices, and half of the second half of the mixture(1/4 of the total). Cook until thick.
• Pour over crust.
• Put the last 1/4 of the mixture on top.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.
• Freezes well.