Aunt Pearl's Dill Pie Recipe (Buckwheat Pie) by Grandma Nellie Recipe
Ingredients
- Filling:
- 12 oz. of chunk Salt Pork
- 1 Medium Onion, chopped fine
- 1 Stick Butter
- 3 cups Buckwheat
- 1/2 handful of Rice
- 3 tbs. Fresh Dill
- Pepper to taste
- Crust:
- 5 cups Flour
- 4 tbs. (heaping) Crisco
- 1 cup Water (have some more handy)
Directions
- Cut salt pork into pieces and fry with onions, browning lightly. Add Crisco to this..Drain off excess grease.
- Cook buckwheat and rice in water. Bring to a slow boil, then rinse and repeat 2 times. The 3rd time, let it keep cooking until it starts to thicken. Remove from heat. Add fried pork/ onions and dill. Add pepper to taste.
- Crust:
- Mix ingredients, knead and roll out dough. Place dough in a pie plate.
- Add buckwheat mixture to pie plate, cover with dough, trim and fold down edges.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour. After baked, rub some Butter on the crust edge so it wont be too dry.
- Grandma Nellie said this goes well with a cold glass of beer!
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