Rhubarb pie

Strawberry rhubarb pie

Course	Dessert
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Region or state	Yorkshire
Main ingredients	Strawberry, rhubarb
Cookbook: Strawberry rhubarb pie  Media: Strawberry rhubarb pie

Rhubarb pie

Rhubarb pie is a pie with a rhubarb filling. Popular in the UK, where rhubarb has been cultivated since the 1600s, its introduction to Europe from China is attributed to Marco Polo. Besides diced rhubarb, it almost always contains a large amount of sugar to balance the intense tartness of the plant. A strawberry rhubarb pie,^[1][2][3] is a type of tart and sweet^[4] pie made with a strawberry and rhubarb filling. Sometimes tapioca is also used.^[5][6] The pie is usually prepared with a bottom pie crust and a variety of styles of upper crust. In the United States, often a lattice-style upper crust is used.^[7] This pie is a traditional dessert throughout the U.S. South including the Appalachian regions, and is part of New England cuisine.^[8][9] Rhubarb pies and desserts are popular in Canada too since the rhubarb plant can survive in cold weather climates.^[10][11]

Preparation

Filling of a strawberry-rhubarb pie

To prepare rhubarb, trim off the ends and rinse well. Peel the rhubarb if desired. Cook the prepared rhubarb in a non-aluminum pan.^[12][13]

Rhubarb

This strawberry rhubarb pie has had a piece cut from it.

Rhubarb is a vegetable that originated from Western China, Tibet, Mongolia, and Siberia. In the American colonies John Bartram of Philadelphia is credited with first planting rhubarb seeds in the 1730s; the seeds were sent from England, where rhubarb had been cultivated and had become a popular fruit. In the 1770s Benjamin Franklin sent Bartram further seeds from London.^[14] By 1829, rhubarb seeds were being sold in garden catalogs. It is a member of the buckwheat family. Only the stalks of the rhubarb are used, because Rhubarb leaves contain poisonous substances, including oxalic acid, which is a nephrotoxic and corrosive acid. Frostbitten stalks are also avoided since they maintain toxicity. A common folk name for rhubarb is "pie plant."^[15][16][17] Rhubarb is considered to be a harbinger for spring since harvesting can begin in April.^[18]

See also

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• List of strawberry dishes
• List of pies, tarts and flans
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• Strawberry rhubarb pie at Wikibook Cookbooks

References

American pies
Sweet	Apple crisp Apple pie Bean pie Blackberry pie Black bottom pie Blueberry pie Bob Andy pie Buttermilk pie Cashew pie Cherry pie Chess pie Cream pie Derby Pie Fried pie Grape pie Key lime pie Lemon ice box pie Maraca pie Mississippi mud pie Peanut pie Pecan pie Pumpkin pie Rhubarb pie Shaker Lemon Pie Shoofly pie Strawberry rhubarb pie Sweet potato pie Sugar pie Walnut pie
Savory	Crawfish pie Pot pie Natchitoches meat pie
Manufacturers	Hostess Kellogg Company Little Debbie Marie Callender's Mrs. Smith's Sara Lee Tasty Baking Company

British pies
Sweet	Apple pie Bakewell tart Banoffee pie Bedfordshire clanger Black bun Custard tart Manchester tart Mince pie Rhubarb pie Treacle tart
Savoury	Bacon and egg pie Bedfordshire clanger Bridie Butter pie Chicken and mushroom pie Corned beef pie Cornish pasty Cottage pie Cumberland pie Curry pie Devizes pie Fish pie Game pie Homity pie Killie pie Meat and potato pie Melton Mowbray pork pie Pork pie Scotch pie Shepherd's Pie Squab pie Stargazy pie Steak pie Steak and kidney pie Steak and oyster pie Woolton pie
Manufacturers	Clark's Pies Dickinson & Morris Fray Bentos Ginsters Higgidy Holland's Pies Mr Kipling Peter's Poole's Pork Farms Pukka Pies Shire Foods Square Pie Wall's Wrights Pies

Strawberry
Species	F. daltoniana F. iinumae F. nilgerrensis F. nipponica F. nubicola F. pentaphylla F. vesca F. viridis F. yezoensis F. moupinensis F. orientalis F. moschata F. chiloensis F. iturupensis F. virginiana F. cascadensis Hybrids: F. × ananassa F. × bringhurstii F. × vescana Intergeneric hybrids: Fragaria × Comarum hybrids
Strawberry cultivars	Pineberry Strasberry List of strawberry cultivars
Breeders	George M. Darrow Driscoll's California Strawberry Commission Breeding of strawberries
Culinary	List of strawberry dishes Fraise Tagada Strawberry cake Strawberry ice cream Strawberry milk Strawberry pie Strawberry rhubarb pie Little Scarlet preserve
Pest and diseases	Lepidoptera List of diseases
See also	List of strawberry topics Strawberry festival