Megan's Easy and Delicious Rhubarb Pie.

We were at the Farmer's Market again on Saturday and Megan had decided that she was going to make us her rhubarb pie, it is so easy to make and so good she said. And she was right! She bought 2 bunches of the strawberry rhubarb, some farm fresh free range eggs and some frozen pie shells. 

She cut up the rhubarb, which she says is literally the hardest part! What you don't use you put in bags in the freezer so it is ready to use another time.

You put the rhubarb in a pie shell and cover it in a sugar, butter and egg mixture which will cook around it in a deliciously warm, soft, creamy blanket! And because you don't put a cover on the pie you get to see how beautiful it looks with all the pretty pink and green bits of rhubarb poking out from the golden mixture. As they were cooking the whole apartment filled with a divine smell and we could not wait to try them! We were a little disappointed when she told us that we had to wait for it to cool and set before we cold eat, though it was definitely worth the wait.

The pie comes out while it is still 'wobbly' in the middle, so if you take the dish and shake it, it will still be jelly like in the middle. This means that when it cools it will set perfectly rather than be overcooked and dry.

Once it has cooled and set it is ready to eat. Just look at this thing of beauty! And imagine that it tastes as good as it looks! Because it does!

It is almost like eating lemon curd, the tartness from the rhubarb has permeated the creamy filling giving it that freshness! The pie shell is beautifully crisp, the rhubarb is still holding it's shape in the little pieces, I cannot begin to tell you how good this pie is. It also has magical properties and disappears when no one is looking! Thank goodness she made 2 and there is a back up one for when the craving sets in!

You will be pleased to know she promised to share this oh so easy recipe so that everyone can enjoy the goodness of fresh in season rhubarb! Recipe to follow when she gets home from work and I have had a chance to harass her for it!