RECIPE: Strawberry Rhubarb Pie From Flo’s V8 Cafe

We’ve got a recipe Disney friends that is sure to have you saying KACHOW! Inspired by the delicious American eats you’ll find along Route 66 (the 2,400 mile stretch of highway running through eight Western and Midwestern states, the strawberry rhubarb pie at Flo’s V8 Cafe has long been one of our favorites!

Rev your engines and get ready to whip up a masterpiece that will have you feeling like “Life is a Highway! It features a dash of orange juice and a delicious struesel topping that make it the stuff of legend!

Ingredients

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

• 1 ½ cups sliced frozen rhubarb
• Favorite pie crust or pie dough (enough for a 2-crust pie)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 cups fresh sliced strawberries
• ½ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
• ½ cup sugar
• Zest of 1 orange
• 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Streusel Topping

• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

• Place rhubarb on towel or layers of paper towels to thaw and drain, removing as much liquid as possible.
• Preheat oven to 425˚F. Roll out crust for two 9-inch crusts.
• Place 1 crust in bottom of pie pan; chill for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together egg and water in a small bowl to make egg wash. Set aside.
• Mix thawed and drained rhubarb, strawberries, brown sugar, sugar, orange zest and orange juice in a large mixing bowl; set aside for 10 minutes.
• Stir flour and cinnamon into rhubarb-strawberry mixture.
• Pour filling into shell and brush edges with egg wash.
• Add top crust and seal edges with fork tines.
• Use a sharp knife to slice a cross into center of top crust.
• Using your fingers, pull back all 4 points of the cross until the dough can be pressed into edges of crust. Egg wash top of pie and sprinkle streusel topping onto exposed pie filling.
• Collar pie with foil and bake for 10 minutes.
• Decrease temperature to 375˚F and bake an additional 30 to 40 minutes or until pie is golden brown, removing foil last 15 minutes.
• Cool before serving. Serves 6 (makes a 9-inch pie)

Streusel Topping

• Combine sugar, brown sugar, flour, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• Mix in softened butter with a fork or fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in vanilla extract. Set aside.

So next time you are having that family BBQ, finish you meal off with this delightful and very in season treat!

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