Baked Pie Plant
Ingredients
Directions
Layer the pie plant
Place a layer of pie plant in a baking dish.
Sprinkle a layer of sugar on top.
Repeat layers until the dish is full.
Sprinkle sugar thickly on the top.
Bake
Add a little water to prevent burning.
Cover the dish closely and bake.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Pie plant
- Provides the tart flavor and the soft, moist body of the finished dish as it cooks down.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the dish and balances the sharp tartness of the pie plant.
The step that matters
Add a little water and cover the dish closely. Sugar and fruit alone can scorch on the bottom of the dish. A small amount of water adds steam, and a tight cover traps it so the pie plant cooks through gently instead of burning.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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