Cantaloupe Pie Ala Texas And Pacific

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 very ripe cantaloupe (over ripe yields the most juice)
• 1 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour (more or less depending on how juicy your cantaloupe is)
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 prebaked pie crust

Recipe

• 1 slice cantaloupe in half, deseed and remove rind, reserving all juices. cut into small pieces and push through a ricer.
• 2 place melon with juice and water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. simmer for 5 minutes, stirring often.
• 3 mix sugar and flour and slowly add to hot mixture, stirring constantly.
• 4 add butter and nutmeg, stir until butter melts.
• 5 cool and pour into prebaked pie crust.
• 6 if desired, top with meringue made according to your favorite recipe and brown in oven.