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Custard Pie with Caramelized Melon

Melon pie? When we were at the market, the Enthusiastic Kitchen Elf walked up with a Golden Delicious melon - it's a yellow honeydew in case you've never seen one - and announced that we should make a pie out of it. "I don't know, Sweetheart. Let me think about that for a little bit. I don't think I've ever cooked a melon. We normally eat it fresh." Mom, just make it happen. He insisted impatiently.  I know you can come up with something good. I couldn't decide if I should be flattered or annoyed by the little kitchen troll. But, as he knew he would, he got me thinking. I decided to try a custard pie with brûléed slices of the melon on the top. While I'm pretty sure this wasn't what he had in mind, he did like that he got to use my butane torch! Fun, fun, fun. We started with a custard pie... Ingredients For the pastry... ½ C dark rye flour  ½ C all-purpose flour ¼ t sea salt 1 ½ t organic granulated sugar ...