Ground Cherry Pie I recipe

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Ingredients

4 cups ground cherries, husked
½ cup white sugar
2 teaspoons tapioca
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 lemon, juiced
2 tablespoons butter
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie

Nutrition Info

350.7 calories
carbohydrate: 44.4 g
cholesterol: 7.6 mg
fat: 18.4 g
fiber: 2.3 g
protein: 4.5 g
saturatedFat: 5.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 254.7 mg
sugar: 12.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Gently mix together the ground cherries, sugar, tapioca, flour and lemon juice. Let stand for 15 minutes.

  2. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a 9 inch pie pan with half of the pastry.

  3. Pour the fruit mixture into the pastry-lined pan, and dot the top with the butter. Cover with top crust or lattice.

  4. Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for another 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

Recipe Yield

1 pie

Recipe Note

Ground cherries, Physalis pruinosa, which produce tiny tomato-like fruits in papery husks on low bushes, also known as husk tomatoes, are a smaller, more flavorful cousin of the tomatillo, used in Mexican salsa verde.

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