Recipe For Cooking Russian Pie

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Russian Pie

This recipe is from an Alaskan cookbook from Anchorage, Alaska.

2/3 C. plus 1 heaping Tbsp. vegetable shortening
2 C. flour
1 tea. salt
1/2 scant C. water

Cut vegetable shortening into sifted flour and salt. Add water; mix well. Place in refrigerator until cold. Divide in 2. Roll out and line a 2-qt. casserole with 1 crust.

Salmon Filling
1 or 2 C. canned or cooked salmon
4 chopped, hardboiled eggs
1 C. cooked rice
1 chopped onion
2 Tbsp. butter
Salt and pepper

Place layer of cooked rice on crust. Cover with salmon, onion, hardboiled eggs, butter, salt and pepper and remaining rice. Cover with top crust. Make short slits in top crust. Bake at 375 degrees F until light brown.