Kent Lent Pie Recipe

Kent School dinner recipes

Sometimes called Kentish Pudding Pie, this is rather like a baked cheesecake and was particularly popular in the Folkestone area.

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

150g short crust pasty

125g margarine

125g castor sugar

2 eggs, beaten

125g ground rice

75g currants

juice from half a lemon

Method

1 Line a flan tin with the pastry, prick with a fork and bake blind.

2 Cream together the margarine and castor until light and fluffy.

3 Slowly add the beaten eggs and continue to beat the mixture well.

4 Add the lemon juice.

5 Mix in the ground rice and currants.

6 Spread evenly onto the pastry case.

7 Bake in a moderate oven for 30-40 minutes or until a light golden colour.

Nutritional analysis per portion

Energy kcal

491.0

Calcium mg

57.8

Protein g

5.7

Sodium mg

272.0

Fat g

27.0

Iron mg

1.0

Saturates g

6.5

Zinc mg

0.8

Carbohydrate g

60.0

Folate �g

17.8

NME g

22.5

Vitamin C mg

0.6

Fibre g

0.8

Vitamin A �g

222.6

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