This recipe offers a tropical alternative to the much-loved Apple Pie.  Jujube have a similar crunch and taste to an apple.  More-over the wild jujube fruits that we used have a tart flavour which is similar to crab apples.

Prepare yeasted “bread” pastry:

Sift in a bowl:

2 cups flour

1tsp salt

1 tbsp sugar

1 pkt of yeast

Put in:

1/2 cup of water

1/4 cup milk

Make into dough.  We used a pasta maker to knead the dough.

To make filling.

Take:

5 cups chopped jujube fruit

1 tbsp lemon or lime juice

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp salt

About 1 cup water

Combine ingredients and place in a saucepan.  Heat up mixture until it boils and then simmer at low heat for 10 minutes until fruit are tender.

Roll out dough into a 9inch pie tin.  Bake at 180C for 45 minutes.

Best served hot with a dollop of vanilla ice-cream.  Enjoy!!