I had half of a large cantaloupe in the fridge, so I decided to give it a try even though (as Sue Anne says on the card) the idea of cooking a cantaloupe sounded a little strange, as melons' most attractive attributes are their refreshing juicy coolness. But you don't know until you try. Here's the recipe from the POTMC...
Cantaloupe Pie:
9" pre-baked crust (used recipe at right)
1/4 c. flour
3 eggs, separated
3/4 c. sugar
2 tblsp. butter
6 tblsp. sugar + 1/2 tsp. vanilla for meringue
1 large, VERY RIPE cantaloupe or muskmelon
In a medium saucepan mix half the sugar with melon and cook until melon is tender and mash-able. Mash the melon to a lumpy pulp. Mix flour with remaining sugar, add beaten egg yolks and butter. Add to mashed melon and return to heat briefly until just starting to bubble. Remove from heat. In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until frothy. Add 6 tblsp. sugar and vanilla and keep beating until stiff peaks form. Pour warm melon filling into pie shell. Cover completely with meringue, sealing to edges. Brown in oven (10-20 min at 325 F). Cool. Cut. Eat.
Despite the trepidation in our expression, we all agreed that the flavor was great, but it was strange to be eating cantaloupe warm, especially still in chunks. Our consensus is that cantaloupe pie would make an excellent icebox pie, with the melon pureed, and the whole shebang chilled for an hour or two.
We followed our experiment with some bananagrams.
5 comments:
cantaloupe pie?? i can't even imagine. i don't think i would be as brave as you. love the pie blog!
I had my first cantaloupe pie today, pretty much like this one but without the meringue. It was heavenly!
I had my first cantaloupe pie slice today. It was scrumptious. Pretty much like this recipe but without the meringue. Similar to apple pie. Sweet and heavenly!
My grandmother made cantaloupe pie every summer. There was no meringue on them. She made it like any other fruit pie. She used nutmeg and sweetened condensed milk. They were
awesome. I was hoping to find a similar recipe.
Never had cantaloupe pie
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