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New Cookbook Coming!
We have a new irresistible cookbook underway. It’s going to be a few months yet before it’s ready for you, but since I can hardly wait, here’s a tasty preview.
If it didn’t sound downright cheesy, I’d be tempted to call this a birth announcement.
Name: Fix-It and Enjoy-It Potluck Heaven: 600 Stove-Top and Oven Recipes That Everyone Loves
Publication Date: October, 2011
Size: 284 pages—and coming in paper, comb-bound, and hardcover
Personality: Wowser recipes gathered from great home cooks from across the country. Easy-to-prepare. Spelled out step-by-step instructions, so if you’re new in the kitchen, you won’t be stuck. Each recipe is make-it-again delicious.
Here’s what just happened. One of our staff was testing a Strawberry Rhubarb Pie recipe for the book. She said to me, “It’s one of those mix-the-crust-in-the-pie-plate recipes, and then you pat it in place over the bottom and up the sides. I’ve never made one of them before. I was thinking as I was doing it, ‘This is a lot of crust,’ but I kept going.
“When I pulled the finished pie out of the oven, it was bubbling pink and gorgeous.
“And when I served the pie to friends that night, they loved it. ‘Great crust,’ several told me! And I agree—it’s a flavorful and absolutely perfect platform for this summery fruit-filled pie.”
She brought me a piece. Fabulous.
So go get your rhubarb and strawberries while they’re still in season. Because you want to try this first delight from Fix-It and Enjoy-It Potluck Heaven.
More to come!
Crusty Rhubarb Strawberry Pie
from the forthcoming cookbook, Fix-It and Enjoy-It Potluck Heaven
Makes 8 servings
Prep. Time: 45 minutes
Baking Time: 1 hour
No-roll pastry
1½ cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
½ cup canola oil
2 Tbsp. milk
Filling
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. clear-jell
.3-oz. pkg. strawberry gelatin
1 cup water
2 cups chopped rhubarb
1 cup sliced strawberries
Topping
half a stick (¼ cup) butter, softened to room temperature
¼ cup sugar
½ cup flour
½ cup dry oatmeal, quick or old-fashioned
1. Prepare pastry by mixing flour, salt, sugar, oil, and milk in a 9-inch pie plate. Spread evenly over bottom and sides of plate and then pat down.
2. Prepare filling by mixing, sugar, clear-jell, and gelatin in a medium-sized saucepan. Stir in water.
3. Bring to a boil, stirring continually until mixture becomes red and clear.
4. Stir in rhubarb and sliced strawberries.
5. Spoon into prepared shell.
6. Prepare topping by combining butter, sugar, flour, and oatmeal in a mixing bowl. Cut butter into dry ingredients with a pastry cutter, or with two forks, until crumbly.
7. Sprinkle topping evenly over filling.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Serve with a dip of vanilla ice cream if you wish.
I would love to try this pie, my neighbor just brought me a bunch of rhubarb but I have never heard of clear-jell. What is is and where can I get it?
Hi Lisa! Clear-jell can be found in your grocery store in the canning section. Often stores have a display for canning products and clear-jell can be found there as well. It comes in a small box – about the size of a pudding box. Hope this helps! Best wishes!
> You can also use a box of Sure Gel. They use it to make Jelly
This pie is in my oven as I write this note. If the smell of this baking is any indication of what this is going to taste like……..my husband and I don’t have to worry about lunch later. Ha! (Plus I already snuck a little bite of the hot filling)! DELICIOUS!!!!!!!Thank you
Can u tell me what clear-jell is.. I have No idea.. this recipe sounds awesome though, and easy, can’t wait to try it.. just need to figure out this clear-jell.. Thanks!!!
Hi Christine! You can find Clear-jell in your local grocery store, especially during canning season. It comes in a small box – about the size of a pudding box. Happy slow cooking!
Clear-Jell is a thickener used in baking, mostly in pie fillings. (It is NOT the same as Sure-Jel, which is used in preparing jams and jellies. Don’t ask me how I know.) You should be able to find Clear-Jell at a bulk foods store. There are two kinds of Clear-Jell, one that is instant and one that needs to be cooked. Get the cooking kind for this recipe since the filling is cooked on the stove top.
How long do you boil filling after you’ve added the strawberries and rhubbarb????
The Clear Gel is that the same as Gelatin?
Hi MonaLisa! Clear-jell is an ingredient used during canning season. You can find this in your local grocery store. It comes in a small box – about the size of a pudding box. Thanks for asking!
Hi Phyllis,
How about writing a cookbook for those of us that need to eat gluten-free? I have celiac disease and there are lots of us out there.
Thanks for your suggestion, Diane! We’ve passed this suggestion along to our editors. Happy slow cooking!
I’d love to try this recipe in my new All-Clad copper pan that I just entered to win! Yummy!