• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
• 2 large zucchini
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
DIRECTIONS:
1. Peel the zucchini. Cut into quarters lengthwise, then remove seeds and cut crosswise (as you would cut apples for apple pie). Toss together 4 cups chopped zucchini, lemon juice and salt. Place mixture into frying pan and cook until tender-crisp.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together the brown sugar, cinnamon, cream of tartar, nutmeg and flour. Add the cooked zucchini to sugar mixture and mix well. It will be a little runny, but that's OK.
3. Place filling into a 9 inch pie crust, dot with butter, and place top crust on. Bake in oven at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
You can take fresh zucchini and cut it up as directed above and freeze it to use later on in the season when you no longer have fresh zucchini growing in your garden. The one thing t remember when using frozen zucchini is that when you put it in the frying pan to cook you may have excess water or juice; just remember to pour off the excess water before adding the zucchini to the sugar mixture.