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jroot

1022 posts in 137 days
hardiness zone 5a

64 days ago

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As requested

Gingerale Pie Crust

Are you tired and frustrated of rolling out pastry, and not having it cooperate with your mood at the time? My friend and colleague told me of this never fail recipe. It rolls out magnificently every time whether you like it thick or thin (healthier).

Ingredients:

5 cups flour
1 lb of shortening (Yes, you can use Crisco)
300 ml ginger ale

That’s it! No egg, no sticky mess

Preparation:
1. Cut the shortening into the flour until it resembles coarse oatmeal. ( Sound familiar?)
2. In small batches, add the gingerale, lifting the mix gently with a fork and letting it fall, until all is mixed well. DO NOT STIR
3. Place it in a cool place for about an hour.
4. Roll out the pastry as needed.
5. Freeze the remainder. When thawed, it rolls out equally well.
6. Cook as usual.

Makes enough for 3 double 8 inch pie crusts.

For a large double crust pie, cut in half:
2.5 cups pastry flour
½ lb of shortening
150 ml ginger ale

My son, the chef, says it should probably cook a little longer than usual, but you can judge that for yourself. Check the bottom of a pyrex pie plate to see if it is cooked through.

It works for me, and I have given up on my other recipes.

-- jroot

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Bon

1732 posts in 287 days
hardiness zone 5a

64 days ago

Thanks for the recipe Jroot.I am going to give this one a try.I have had a craving for a potaoe and green onion pie lately.(lol)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

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MsDebbieP

3811 posts in 507 days
hardiness zone 5b

64 days ago

fascinating! How do people come up with this stuff.
And does the gingerale give the pastry a special flavour?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

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jroot

1022 posts in 137 days
hardiness zone 5a

64 days ago

no special flavour at all. It just doesn’t crumble the way the old recipe used to. That’s why I like it. I do the baking here. All my wife does is eat it. LOL

-- jroot

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MsDebbieP

3811 posts in 507 days
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64 days ago

sounds like a great partnership :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

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GrandmaT

3212 posts in 385 days
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64 days ago

Works for me!!!! But alas, in our household I do the cooking. It’s okay though cuz I do love to cook.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

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Bunting

601 posts in 231 days
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60 days ago

Jroot

I just spotted your pie receipe. That’s a keeper

thanks

I don’t make a lot just for me cause I eat them all

I bought an apple pie last Thrus, ate the whole thing. Oink oink, My supper and bed time lunch, did it cause I felt like it, lol,lol

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

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jroot

1022 posts in 137 days
hardiness zone 5a

60 days ago

My friend is a Down Easter from N.S. She is an amazing cook in her own right, and went to visit her neice who made an apple pie. My friend, making conversation, commented on the lovely flakey crust, and asked her for the recipe. She almost swallowed her tongue when she saw what was in it. Now she uses it all the time,- as do I.

-- jroot

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