In the mood for pie, but don’t want to roll out a crust? You can use the new gluten free Bisquick to make a pie that creates its own crust. This pie is like a gluten free French Clafoutis, but more economical because it uses cranberries instead of cherries. The large amount of cinnamon and vanilla balances out the deeply flavorless gluten free Bisquick.
Fruit mixture ingredients:
3 large flavorful apples that hold their shape (use types like Northern Spy, Winter Banana and Roxbury Russet – do not use Macintosh) – pared, cored and cut in to pie-type slices
1/2 cup (or more) gluten free dried sweetened cranberries
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 Tablespoons gluten free Bisquick (and you will need more later)
Custard Ingredients:
14 ounces fat-free gluten free sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 cups water
3 large eggs
1/2 cup gluten free Bisquick
4 Tablespoons butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
In a large deep bowl, mix the apples, cranberries and lemon juice and then stir in the 2 tablespoons of gluten free Bisquick to coat the fruit.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Butter a glass pie plate (10 inches, or marked 25 cm on the bottom), then spread the apple-cranberry mixture evenly in the dish.
In the now-empty bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients: condensed milk, water, eggs, 1/2 cup gluten free Bisquick, butter, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Use an immersion blender to mix these custard ingredients until smooth – about 3 minutes. Pour this custard mixture over the apples and cranberries in the pie plate. The dish will be very full, so take care not to spill.
Bake for45-50 minutes until the custard is cooked through and the top is browning a little. Remove from the oven, set aside to cool. Serve cool or cold.
There will be a kind of crust that has settled out on the bottom of the pie – the texture of the “crust” will be the texture of a mochi, slightly chewy and quite intriguing.
Be sure to use all gluten free ingredients.