RHUBARB PIE

 

Ingredients

24 cm.

Pastry

  • 300 Gr.  Flour
  • 100 Gr. Sugar
  • 80 Gr. Butter
  • 1 egg plus 1 yolk
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 pinch of salt

For the filling

  • 700g rhubarb
  • 150g brown sugar
  • 1 lemon

Preparation

  1. Pour the flour on a work surface.
  2. In the center add sugar, salt, yeast, eggs and butter at room temperature
  3. Knead quickly with your hands, until you get a smooth and firm paste
  4. Form a ball, wrap in foil and leave to rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
  5. Clean the rhubarb (watch the blog “Rabarbaro that delights. How to clean it” ), cut it into chunks and put in a non stick pan
  6. Scatter with sugar, add the lemon juice and simmer gently for 10 minutes over a gentle heat until the fruit is soft.
  7. Roll out the dough with the rolling pin in two discs; transfer one disc to a baking tin lined with parchment paper or buttered dusted with flour
  8. Fill with the rhubarb and cover it with the second disc of dough or with strips of dough. Bake in a hot oven at 180 degrees for 30/35 minutes

Notes