Zucchini Craisen Slices Think Apple Pie 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 "APPLE PIE" RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Use big zucchinis (meaty and approximately 18" long), but still tender enough that you can pierce the skin with your thumb nail. Peel and cut in quarters lengthwise, remove the seeds and slice crosswise approximately 1/4" thick. Cook the zucchini in water until tender crisp (let drain in strainer to remove liquid). Sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, cream of tarter, nutmeg, flour (and cornstarch for 9" pie) in a bowl. Add the zucchini and mix well. It will be runny, but that's okay. Dump the filling into a pie crust and dot with butter. Add the top crust and make slits to vent. Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool completely and serve. Store in the refrigerator.

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.

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 CRISP (APPLE CRISP)

Steps:

• ZUCCHINI MIXTURE:.
• In a large saucepan, over medium-low heat, cook zucchini and lemon juice for 15-20 minutes until zucchini is tender.
• Add sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and cook for a minute more.
• Remove from heat and let sit.
• CRUST MIXTURE:.
• For crust, mix flour, and sugar in a large bowl.
• Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles pea size coarse crumbs.
• Stir 1/2 cup of the flour mixture into zucchini and mix well.
• Press 1/2 of remaining crust mixture into a greased 15x10 jelly roll pan.
• Spread zucchini mixture over crust in pan.
• Crumble remaining crumb mix over zucchini and sprinkle with the 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Bake at 375°F for 35-40 minutes.

ZUCCHINI APPLE PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Pre slice and simmer until tender add all Ingredients then place in 9 inch pie shell
• 40 to 45 minutes
• you can also use this as an apple crisp baken time is the same and prep time is the same takes about 20 mins to prepare.