Green tomato pie
Green tomato pie is a pie in American cuisine that can be made like other fruit pies by sprinkling sugar, flour, cinnamon and other spices or raisins over sliced tomatoes and pieces of butter, or by simply cooking the ingredients on the stovetop before baking in a pastry-lined dish.[1]
Green tomato pie was commonly made as a
The pastry for the pie crust may be made with
History
Green tomato pies, and cooking with underripe
19th-century recipes for green tomato pie were made similar to apple pie, with sliced tomatoes and sugar baked in a pastry crust, sometimes with water, flour, molasses, cinnamon and lemon zest or vinegar added.[7][8][9] Green tomatoes were a common substitute for apples during the summer in the 19th century, and are more consistent in tartness and texture than apples.[5]
References
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- ^ "Why Desperation Pies Are Making a Comeback". Bon Appetit. December 18, 2015.
- ^ "Recipe roundup". The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois). November 24, 1982.
- ^ "Green Tomato Skillet Pie". Southern Living.
- ^ a b "A sweet and savory treat at The Basics has sparked the hashtag, #TomatoPieTuesdays". Star News Online. June 5, 2019.
- ^ McWilliams, Mark (2010). The Story Behind the Dish: Classic American Foods. ABC-CLIO.
- ^ "Green tomato pie". Racine journal. January 1, 1879.
- ^ "Green tomato pie". Lewistown Gazette (Lewistown, Pennsylvania). September 9, 1858.
- ^ "Green tomato pie". Mineral Point Weekly Tribune (Mineral Point, Wisconsin. October 7, 1875.