Gramma Pie

Ingredients

Pie filling:

 · 10 cups of gramma

· 2 cups of sugar 

· 4 tablespoons of mixed spice 

· 1 ½ tablespoon of citric acid (or tartaric acid)

Pastry:

• 2 cups of self-rising flour 

• 2 tablespoons of butter 

• Water to mix 

• Pinch of salt 

Method

• Preheat oven to 175 degrees

• Cook gramma in boiling water until soft and remove as much excess water as possible. 

• Add sugar and spices to achieve the desired taste. 

• Mix very well. 

• For the pastry, combine flour, salt, butter, and water and roll out onto a floured board. 

• A full pie will have the pastry in the flan and then add the gramma mixture covering it to finish. 

• Alternatively, the gramma can be placed in the flan first then covered with pastry to complete. 

• Once this has been assembled, cook in the oven until golden brown. 

Julia’s tips. 

I could only find part of a gramma pumpkin so Connie suggested that you could use butternut pumpkin instead. For this recipe, I used 4 cups of gramma and the remaining 6 cups were butternut and it was delicious!