Old-Fashioned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Recipe

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Sweet, tart, tangy and tucked into the perfect pie crust, Old-Fashioned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie is a classic dessert everyone loves. Serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and you've got a meal-ending treat folks of all ages will enjoy. This is an easy pie to make! Like No Peel Apple Cake or Chocolate Strawberry Pie, there's no fruit to peel.

A slice of strawberry rhubarb pie on a plate — Tangy rhubarb and sweet strawberries are all tucked into a perfect, flaky pie crust.

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🍓Why You'll Love Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
🥧 Ingredients to Have on Hand
🔪 Prep the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Ingredients
⏲️ Let the Pie Filling Sit
📋 Use Your Favorite Pie Crust
⭐ How to Store Fresh Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
💭 Recipe FAQs
👩🏻‍🍳 An Old Fashioned Pie Recipe
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🍓Why You'll Love Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb and strawberries are some of the easiest ingredients to cook with.

In baking, rhubarb provides the perfect tart, tangy addition when blended with sweet fruit. Try it in Blueberry Rhubarb Muffins.

With Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, there's no additional prep. There's no peeling, steaming or shredding of the filling ingredients.

Just rinse and chop the rhubarb into bite-sized pieces and it's ready to mix with your dry ingredients or additional fruit.

🥧 Ingredients to Have on Hand

fresh strawberries and rhubarb — This pie starts with such simple ingredients.

There's nothing better than homemade pie and Strawberry Rhubarb Pie is the easiest pie to make.

fresh rhubarb
fresh strawberries
flour and sugar
pie crust - homemade or store-bought

Scroll down to the recipe card for details on the quantities of each ingredient.

🔪 Prep the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Ingredients

Here's the easiest and perhaps the best part about making strawberry rhubarb pie - there's no peeling the fruit. Even though it's a pie, it's as easy to make as a Fresh Fruit Tart.

All you need to do is rinse off the strawberries and rhubarb, then dice them into bite-sized pieces. Voila! Prep work is done.

Diced strawberries and rhubarb in a bowl with sugar and flour.

⏲️ Let the Pie Filling Sit

It's super easy to create the pie filling for this recipe.

It's also very important to let the strawberries and rhubarb blend with the dry ingredients and they need a little time to do that.

Simply combine the flour and sugar and toss it with the diced strawberries and rhubarb. Then leave them alone. The liquid from the berries and rhubarb will combine with the sugar and flour.

Let everything sit in a bowl for 30 minutes. This is how the sweet, sticky glaze is created.

The flour and sugar begin as dusting on the berries and rhubarb, but after sitting for 30 minutes, that sweet dusting becomes a beautiful, syrupy glaze.

📋 Use Your Favorite Pie Crust

The bottom crust of a pie in a pie dish. — Pie crust is easy to make and what I've found is the more often I make pie crust, the better I get at rolling out the dough.

You'll need two pie crusts for this recipe. One for the bottom, the other to top your strawberry rhubarb pie.

I like to use a homemade pie crust, but shortcuts are great and a store-bought pie crust will work just fine.

A baked strawberry rhubarb pie, out of the oven. — Warm from the oven and ready to enjoy.

⭐ How to Store Fresh Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

There's nothing better than pie or even cake like Old Fashioned Chocolate Pound Cake served when it's still warm out of the oven. But sometimes (rarely) desserts can stick around for a few days.

When that's the case, I usually leave Strawberry Rhubarb Pie at room temperature on the counter for the first day, covered lightly with waxed paper.

But much past one full day I store the leftover pie in the fridge until the last slice is gobbled up.

Pro Tip: The exception to this rule is when we are enjoying cream or custard pies that are made with eggs, like homemade Pumpkin Pie. Those pies need to be stored in the refrigerator to keep them fresh.

Tight shot of the filling bubbled from the strawberry rhubarb pie and the pie crust. — Look at that sweet pie filling peeking out, pink goodness!

💭 Recipe FAQs

How do I keep strawberry rhubarb pie from being runny?

Don't forget to add the flour. It's really important to include a thickening ingredient in this recipe. I know some folks prefer to use cornstarch or even tapioca starch, but I find the best consistency with ½ cup of all-purpose flour.

When is rhubarb in season?

Spring. When you spot stalks of rhubarb in the produce section of your grocery store you know it's time to start enjoying your rhubarb recipes, like this one!

Hothouse-grown rhubarb usually comes on first, then the field-grown variety a little later in the season.

Both are outstanding and will be delicious in this recipe.

How do I store rhubarb?

Wrap it in plastic, unwashed, and store it in the crisper in the refrigerator. The rhubarb will stay fresh for about a week.

Be sure to wash it before using it.

Can I use frozen rhubarb?

Yes, but I recommend thawing the frozen rhubarb first so it doesn't add too much moisture to the pie filling while baking. Patting it dry or at least draining it before baking the pie is a good call, too.

👩🏻‍🍳 An Old Fashioned Pie Recipe

You might be wondering why this Strawberry Rhubarb Pie recipe is called old-fashioned. This is my Mom's recipe. She's been making this pie for years and years. The ingredients are all pantry staples, nothing fancy here. This is a tried and true recipe enjoyed now for a couple of generations in my family. I think you'll love it too!

A baked pie, out of the oven. — Here it is, *Strawberry Rhubarb Pie*, warm from the oven and ready to enjoy.

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Old Fashioned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Recipe

Sweet, tangy and tucked into the perfect pie crust, this is a dessert everyone loves. Serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt and you've got a meal-ending treat folks will be talking about for a long time. Here's another great rhubarb recipe: Blueberry Rhubarb Muffins.

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Prep Time: 45

Cook Time: 50

Servings:

Calories: 220kcal

Author: Melinda O'Malley Keckler

Ingredients

Filling

▢ 1 ⅓ cup sugar
▢ ½ cup flour
▢ 2 cups rhubarb - cut into 1"pieces
▢ 2 cups fresh strawberries - halved
▢ 1 tablespoon butter - cut into 3 or 4 small chunks
▢ dash of milk and sugar

Two pie crusts for a 9" pie

Instructions

Prep Ingredients

In a large bowl, mix sugar and flour. Add chopped strawberries and rhubarb and stir to combine. Let the ingredients stand in the bowl for 30 minutes, this is an important step and allows for the sugars to combine and to create the syrupy glaze for the pie filling.

Assemble the Pie and Bake

Preheat oven to 400° F
Prepare pie crust. Roll two sheets of dough and place the bottom layer in a 9" pie dish. I recommend Perfect Pie crust.
Pour the strawberry and rhubarb mixture into the bottom crust, top with the butter, then the second crust and flute the edges. Brush top crust with milk and dust with a sprinkling of sugar.
Bake in the oven for 50 minutes or until crust is golden and juice bubbles. You may want to lightly place a section of foil on top of the pie if the crust or edges start browning too fast.
Cool on a wire rack and serve with vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt.

Notes

Thinking of using frozen rhubarb? I recommend thawing frozen rhubarb first so it doesn't add too much moisture to the pie filling while baking. Patting it dry or at least draining it after defrosting, before baking the pie, is a good call, too.

Here's how to store fresh rhubarb: Wrap it in plastic, unwashed, and store it in the crisper in the refrigerator. The rhubarb will stay fresh for about a week. Be sure to wash it before using it. For another classic dessert using fresh fruit, be sure to check out my recipe for the Best Blueberry Cake, it's delicious!

Note: Since pie crusts vary, the nutritional information offered below is only for the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie filling.

Nutrition

Calories: 220kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 5mgPotassium: 128mgFiber: 1gSugar: 45gVitamin A: 41IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 1mg

Please note, the nutrition details are estimated using a food database. The data above is a rough estimate, not an exact science.

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