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Sunshine Citrus Pie

Dairy Farmers of Canada
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Take your taste buds on a trip with with this tangy cream pie. It celebrates a new freshness in desserts.

  • Course Desserts & Sweets
  • Prep. Time 15 mins
  • Cooking Time 30 mins
  • Refrigeration Time 4 hrs
  • Yields 8 servings

Preparation

What You Need

1 9-inch (23 cm) pie shell, baked
1 cup (250 ml) sugar
2 tbsp (30 ml) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (60 ml) cornstarch
1/2 tsp (2 ml) salt
1 1/4 cups (310 ml) milk
1/2 cup (125 ml) orange juice
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 tsp (2 ml) vanilla extract
1/4 tsp (1 ml) nutmeg
2 grapefruit
1 orange
2 tbsp (30 ml) brown sugar

Instructions

In a medium saucepan mix sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt. Blend in milk and orange juice. Cook together over medium heat, stirring until mixture comes to a full boil. Remove from heat.

Stir a little hot mixture into beaten eggs, blend this into remaining hot mixture and cook over low heat for 2 min. Remove from heat; blend in vanilla extract and nutmeg. Cool for 10 min; pour into baked pie shell.

Peel and section grapefruit and orange. Arrange in pinwheel or other decorative pattern on top of pie filling. Sprinkle with brown sugar.

Cover pie crust edge with foil. Place under preheated broiler until sugar melts; remove foil. Cool at least 4 hours before serving.

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 334 Calories
Protein: 6 g
Carbohydrate: 58 g
Fat: 10 g
Fibre: 1.9 g
Sodium: 251 mg

Top 5 nutrients provided by a serving of this recipe

Nutrient (% DV)*

Calcium: 8 % / 84 mg
Vitamin C: 59 %
Folate: 23 %
Vitamin B12: 17 %
Selenium: 15 %

* Note: The daily value (DV) is established by Health Canada and corresponds to the daily quantity recommended for each nutrient. The percentage of the daily value (% DV) indicates the proportion of the nutrient provided by a serving of the recipe, in comparison with the quantity recommended.


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