This is Grandma Veit’s recipe and was included in the Relatively Delicious cookbook.
Ingredients
CRUST
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup flour
½ cup butter
¼ teaspoon salt
FILLING
2 tablespoons flour
3 cups cut rhubarb
1 ½ cups sugar
3 egg yolks
½ cup cream
MERINGUE
3 egg whites
6 tablespoons sugar
⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
Method
Crust: Mix ingredients until crumbly. Pat lightly into 9×9 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Don’t let it get very brown.
Filling: Carefully cook, as it will stick, in a heavy kettle until thick. Put filling in baked crust.
Meringue: Whip egg whites, add sugar and cream of tartar. Put meringue on filling and return to oven and brown.
