Ingredients
PIE SHELL
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup shortening
3 tbsp cold milk
FILLING
1 each 8 unbaked pie shell above
2 each large eggs
1 cup dairy sour cream
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup dairy sour cream for topping
Directions
Pie Shell: Combine flour with salt.Cut in shortening until particles
are pea size.Sprinkle with milk to make a stiff dough.Roll on lightly
floured board or cloth to fit a 8" pie tin.Fold edge under and flute
rim.
Filling: Beat eggs,1 cup sour cream,sugar,vanilla,salt and nutmeg
together until well blended.Stir in raisins.Pour into pie shell.
Bake,below oven center,in moderate hot oven (375 degrees) for 40
minutes,just until set.Cool.If desired,top servings with sour cream.
Servings: 8 servings
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Categories: Dessert; Fruit; Pie
The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to follow the history of recipes way back into the far past, in fact as far back into history as the Egypt of the Pharoahs, and potentially, even further back. Interesting though that maybe, generally, these old cook books were just very basic pictorial instructions for preparing food.
Progressing into The time of the romans around 25BC a roman called Apicius assembled a collection of scripts showing how to cook the recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his scrolls, he describes how the roman meals were split into starters, entrees and dessert, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. This early Roman chef informs us how the Roman chefs were skilled in the use of many spices and herbs, including a few you will know such as basil, mint and dill. Later, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back a variety of foods and spices from the East, including spices like basil and coriander. These new spices and herbs was responsible for an outbreak in recipe manuscripts, the majority of which still exist in private collections. By the time we get to the twentieth century, cooking books are greatly in demand as a result of increased literacy, people having increased leisure time and a general increase in wealth. |
We hope you enjoy this Classic Sour Cream Raisin Pie recipe.
