tomato pie

[2thDoc]

i dont know how to make a poll...

i've made 537 tomato pies in my life. I have enjoyed every one of them.

However, my family and I are looking at ways to make them less runny! Any tricks?

I parbake the pie crust. I lay the tomatoes out on a drying rack. I've done everything i can think of....

what say ye?

[Simple Man]

Salt the tomatoes before putting them in the pie. It'll draw out some of the moisture.

[Chessbay]

Yeah, kosher salt on top of the tomatoes for a half hour or so. Then grab some paper towels and dry them out real good.

[FishSticker]

Salt the tomatoes before putting them in the pie. It'll draw out some of the moisture.

This....with course garlic salt. Both sides.

Put them on a wire mesh bakers rack to dry out.

And don't use the preformed frozen pie crusts.... Get the refrigerated ones that you roll out.

[Tater]

Egg.

[JOHNSON]

What they said.

[2thDoc]

Salt the tomatoes before putting them in the pie. It'll draw out some of the moisture.

ok. where does the moisture go?

[2thDoc]

Egg.

explain??

[Tater]

Go buy you a box of Betty Crocker cake mix and follow the directions, but leave out the egg and see what happens.

[JOHNSON]

Down the sink.

[Highstrung]

I just cut, slice, and swipe them off the board into a colander..

[Simple Man]

Paper towels

[JJ1965]

It’s supposed to be runny. Quitcha bitchin and make me one.

[FishSticker]

ok. where does the moisture go?

Baking sheet under wire rack.... You oughta be smart enough to figure this part out.

[wskinner]

I don’t mind them runny, but it would be nice to have them slice all pretty like for when you have company. I’ve thought about pre cooking the tomatoes on a mesh rack in the oven, then adding them to the pie.

[Jozie & Me]

Wife uses half green and half red maters.

Hope this helps you Betty Crocker

[PharmHunter]

I just called my mother in law and asked her to make me a Tomato Pie. This thread made me hungry.

[WNM]

I don’t mind them runny, but it would be nice to have them slice all pretty like for when you have company. I’ve thought about pre cooking the tomatoes on a mesh rack in the oven, then adding them to the pie.

Yep, this will do the trick. A friend's wife does this when following Southern Living's recipe, and her mater pie slices hold their form when cut. It's different but still good.

[murraywader]

2 -3 layers max. I like to put some grated cheese on the bottom as well.

And like others say dry them out. Open the oven door for the last 10 mins.

[TheVisorGuy]

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