Cranberry-Raisin Pie

This recipe for "Cranberry-Raisin Pie" is keeper #2 from the holiday experiments. The mixture of cranberries and raisins seemed to me to have some of the dark, rich complexity of mince-meat, but with a brighter, more refined flavor. This pie could be a reason to stock up on seasonal bags of cranberries — they keep quite well in the freezer and can be used still frozen in this recipe.

Cranberry-Raisin Pie

1.1/3 cup raisins
1.1/3 cup cranberries
1 cup Splenda (of course, granulated sugar works fine)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1.1/3 cup water
1.1/2 Tablespoon cornstarch
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell, with top crust

  • In a saucepan combine raisins, cranberries, sweetener, salt, and 1 cup of water. Bring to boil.
  • Dissolve cornstarch in remaining 1/3 cup of (cold) water and stir into boiling mixture.
  • Stir boiling mixture constantly until it thickens — a few minutes.
  • Remove mixture from heat; allow to cool.
  • Pour into pie shell; add top crust.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 1 hour.

from Potluck Plain and Fancy, by Susan and Gordon Perry.

Posted on January 16, 2007 at 20.14 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Food Stuff

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  1. Written by Melanie
    on Thursday, 18 January 2007 at 23.51
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    This is amazing…this is the same recipe that I know as Mock Cherry Pie, a handed-down family recipe of Lucy Maud Montgomery (author of Anne of Green Gables). I found it in a neat cookbook called Aunt Maud's Recipe Book, compiled by her descendants. It's part of my cookbook and LMM collection; makes good nighttime reading!

  2. Written by jns
    on Friday, 19 January 2007 at 17.41
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    Melanie, I'm fascinated to hear this, at the same time wondering how it came to be called a "Mock Cherry Pie" since the contents, to me, hardly resemble that of a cherry pie. Perhaps if I had cooked the filling less long and the cranberries were left intact it might have enhanced the resemblance.

    Regardless, it's interesting, not least because of the connection with Ms. Montgomery. Now I guess I'm going to have to try to track down the origins of the recipe and the source of "Mock Cherry Pie" as a description, not to mention looking for a copy of Aunt Maud's Recipe Book!

    Thanks for passing along your story.

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