West indian fruit pie

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4tablespoonsFresh pineapple, cubed
2Fresh pears, peeled, quartered and cored
2Bananas, thinly sliced
4Dried figs, chopped (up to 5)
4ouncesBrown sugar
¼teaspoonSalt
½ounceFlour
1Lemon, juice and grated rind of (or 2 limes)
Unbaked pastry for a 2-crust, 9-inch pie
2tablespoonsSugar
2teaspoonsCornstarch
¼teaspoonPowdered cinnamon
2tablespoonsWater
3tablespoonsRum

Directions

RUM SAUCE

Put pineapple into a bowl, add pears, bananas and figs. Stir in sugar, salt, flour, lemon or lime. Stir all together well. Line 9" pie plate with pastry crust and turn mixture in. Cover with pastry top crust and bake for 15 minutes in preheated 425 F oven. Reduce heat to 350 F and cook for 45 minutes. Serve hot. May be served with rum sauce if desired.

Rum Sauce: Mix sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon and stir in water and rum, blending well. Cook over low heat until sauce thickens, stirring all the time. Serve hot with fruit pie. Recipes are from _Cooking the Caribbean Way_ by Mary Slater. Posted to EAT-L Digest 12 Mar 97 by Felicia Pickering <MNHAN063@...> on Mar 12, 1997