- 5 medium-size green tomatoes
- 2 [8 or 9-inch / 20 or 23-cm each] pie shells
- 1 cup [200 g] sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon [1 mL] salt
- 6 thin lemon slices
- Allspice
- Nutmeg
- 3 tablespoons [45 g] butter
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- Preheat oven to 350°F [180°C].
- Scald green tomatoes for a few minutes, to soften skin; remove tomatoes from water, peel and slice tomatoes.
- Line a pie plate with one pie shell.
- Sprinkle bottom of dough with very little of the sugar.
- Arrange half of green tomato slices over the bottom of the pie shell.
- Sprinkle green tomato slices all over with half of remaining sugar and half of salt; top with 3 thin slices of lemon and generously sprinke all over with allspice and nutmeg.
- Evenly dot with half of the butter.
- Repeat using remaining ingredients.
- Top with remaining pie shell and cut slits into dough, or make a lattice top.
- Bake into preheated oven, for 40 to 45 minutes.
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