Fruit Tarts or Pies

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound sugar
• 1 quart fruit
• egg whites
• sugar
• pie crust

Instructions

1. A fruit tart is so common a sweet that it is scarcely necessary to give any directions concerning it.
2. Acid fruits are best stewed before putting into a pie.
3. The usual proportions are half a pound of sugar to a quart of fruit, not quite so much if the fruit is ripe.
4. The fruit should be laid high in the middle of the dish, to make the pie a good shape.
5. It is the fashion to lay over the crust, when nearly baked, an icing of the whites of eggs whisked with sugar; the tart or pie is then replaced in the oven.