There is no better way to start summer vacation than with a fresh strawberry rhubarb pie! I could happily go with straight rhubarb, but the little ones in the house appreciated the sweetness of the strawberries.
It’s taken a few years, but our red rhubarb plant is finally producing some decent stalks. It’s quite fortuitous that rhubarb and local strawberries come into season at the same time, but this recipe works fine if you have to use strawberries flown in from California or sliced frozen strawberries.
Today I had some homemade crusts in the freezer, but you can use Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts or other safe crust too. If you need more instruction on how to make your own pie crust, I have more details at Dairy Free Pie Crust 101.
Serve this up with a big scoop of dairy-free vanilla ice cream!
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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Ingredients
- 1 recipe of Dairy-Free Pie Crust (below)
- 3 1/2 cups sliced rhubarb, 1/2 inch thick slices ( 1 1/2 pound bunch, untrimmed)
- 16 ounce package of strawberries, hulled and halved
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/4 c. cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Make the dough first, then work on the filling while the dough chills in the refrigerator…unless you’re thinking, fresh pie is good enough for today, and you’re using a Pillsbury crust. Then just start making the filling while the crust warms up on your counter.
- Mix all the filling ingredients together and let them sit while you roll out the crust.
- Pre-heat oven to 400.
- Roll half the dough out and set in it the pie pan.
- Dump in the filling. Roll out the other half and cut into strips to make the little lattice top and crimp around the edges. I do a “cheaters lattice”, where the crust isn’t actually interwoven. The pieces are just lined up at an angle.
- Brush with water and sprinkle with sugar.
- Place the pie on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. The pie will bubble over, so be prepared.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 400, then decrease the heat to 350 and bake for another 1 hour and 20 minutes or so. If it starts to brown too quickly (and it will), place some foil over the whole pie loosely. The pie is done when it starts to bubble towards the center. If it is just bubbling at the edges, it is not done in the center, so keep baking.
- Cool before eating, it thickens as it cools.
Basic Dairy-Free Double Pie Crust
Description
If you’re new to pie crust, more detailed instructions are here: Dairy Free Pie Crust 101
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup frozen shortening chopped (I put 1 cup of shortening in plastic wrap and flatten it down into a disk and freeze, then chop right before using)
- ½ cup ice water
Instructions
- Measure the flour and salt into the bowl of a food processor and give it a few pulses to mix.
- Add half the shortening and pulse until there are no big pieces at all.
- Add the second half of the shortening and give it 6-8 pulses until the shortening pieces are small, about the size of a pea.
- Sprinkle the ice water on top and use a knife to gently swirl the water around the dough in food processor bowl.
- Pulse another 6-8 times until the crumbly dough comes together, but don’t overdo it.
- Dump the dough out onto the counter, divide into two pieces.
- Form into two disks, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes before rolling out.
- Freeze if you’re not going to use these for a few days. They store frozen for many months.
Simple Dairy-Free Vanilla Ice Cream
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 quart 1x
Description
This easy dairy-free and egg-free ice cream has only 2 ingredients. It doesn’t get any simpler than that!
Ingredients
- 3 cups vanilla dairy-free creamer
- 20 regular sized marshmallows
Instructions
- Put the marshmallows in a big microwave safe bowl (I have an 8 cup Pyrex that is perfect for this)
- Heat for 1-2 minutes, until soft and puffy.
- Whisk the soft marshmallows with 1/2 cup creamer until smooth. You may have to return the mixture to the microwave for another minute or so to get the marshmallows to fully melt into the creamer.
- Add the remaining 2 1/2 cups of creamer. Whisk until smooth and the marshmallows are all melted.
- Cool the mixture down in the freezer or refrigerator before pouring into an ice cream maker to freeze. I have a Cuisinart that is wonderful.
Notes
You can use plain dairy-free creamer, just add 1/2 cup sugar and 1 t. vanilla to the ice cream mix before freezing.
If you can’t find any creamer, just use regular dairy-free milk of your choice but add 1/2 cup sugar, 2 T oil, and 1 t. vanilla to the ice cream mix before freezing.
- Prep Time: 5
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Freezer
- Cuisine: American
looks tasty, even though there's rhubarb in it! 🙂
I actually like the Meijer brand frozen pie crust better than the Pillsbury. I think the Pillsbury just seems greasy and tastes like lard or something. Like ALL lard and nothing else.
Pet Ritz also makes pie crusts that I like better than Pillsbury, too.
Just FYI. You know, in case you make me a pie someday. Or not.
I recently set out to find a good dairy-free recipe for pie dough. Of course I checked here first but apparently I was just a bit early (thanks for posting it now though!) I ended up modifing Cook's Illustrated's "Foolproof Pie Dough" by subbing margarine for the butter, which worked well.
The advantage of this clever recipe is that it produces a moist, pliable dough that is very easy to work with. The secret ingredient is vodka, read the article to find out why (http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2007/11/cooks-illustrated-foolproof-pie-dough-recipe.html). I suspect it might work with an all-shortening crust too.
Sofia, I have tried that recipe! The science behind it is pretty cool, I should revisit it with allergy-friendly substitutions. Thanks for reminding me! E, I should go looking at ingredients again, Meijer has some pretty good (albeit, weird ) options…like their dairy-free 'buttermilk' biscuits. I take it you don't want the extras from my rhubarb plant…
I love Rhubarb Pie.. unfortunately, it doesn’t like me too much 🙁
I get terrible indigestion from it and it lasts for a long time. I had two pies I made in the last couple weeks. Gave one to my sister and kept one and just finished up the last slice today. No more for me for a long time again. The aftermath is no fun.