Cranberry Orange Pie

This one is interesting because of the use of ‘quick cooking tapioca’. I had always thought this was a western name for what is more commonly know in Singapore/Malaysia as ’sago’ (here, ‘tapioca’ immediately brings to mind the entire root vegetable, not processed pearls). However a quick search on the internet reveals that sago and [...]

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Pear Almond Pie

Yet another one in the series of pie recipes.
[22/9/07 update: Grandmother's recipe for shortcrust pastry for the pie crust here.]
[19/12/07 update: another shortcrust pastry recipe from grandma here.]

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Peach Banana Pie

Another one in the series of pie recipes. Most of them seem to involve a combination of delicious-sounding fruits; somehow the double-barrelled, hyphenated names are very alluring :)!
[22/9/07 update: Grandmother's recipe for shortcrust pastry for the pie crust here.]
[19/12/07 update: another shortcrust pastry recipe from grandma here.]

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Raisin Walnut Pie

Another one in the series of pie recipes.
No instructions for pie crust, but I assume it is a shortcrust pastry crust.
[22/9/07 update: Grandmother’s recipe for shortcrust pastry for the pie crust here.]
[19/12/07 update: another shortcrust pastry recipe from grandma here.]

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Applesauce Lemon Pie

A very American-sounding dish here, one of a whole series of pie recipes. Like most of the other pies, the fruit ingredient is in the form of a commercial, canned or packaged product, rather than fresh fruit (although in this recipe you are given a choice) – a sure sign of the developing modern consumer [...]

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Apricot Chiffon Pie

Two kinds of ready-made products are called for here: graham crackers and dried apricots. Of course, you could also make them at home, but the recipe implies using the packaged, commercial versions for convenience. Both of these would most likely be products imported into Singapore, and perhaps relatively expensive back in the 1950s/60s?
The piecrust recipe [...]

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Coconut Cream Pie

Another one in the series of pie recipies.
As with the pineapple pie recipe, the instructions refer to the canned version of an ingredient that is easily available fresh and locally-grown, in this case, coconut. It’s an interesting world journey of foods – tropical products in commercial, packaged form make their way into western recipes, which [...]

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Custard Tarts

You’ll need to follow the custard instructions here before you can make these tarts.
You’ll also require ‘unbaked pastry cases’. Shortcrust pastry is one option, and very easy to make at home. I’ve also blogged about shortcrust pasty here.
I wonder how these would taste compared to the Hong Kong style egg custard daan taart?

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