Ground Cherry Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1 dash salt
• 2 1/2 cups husked cape gooseberries (ground cherries)
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 line a 9" pie pan with pastry and set aside.
• 2 preheat the oven to 400°.
• 3 in a medium bowl, combine the tapioca, sugars, almond extract, nutmeg and salt.
• 4 sprinkle half the mixture in the bottom of the pastry shell and top with the cherries.
• 5 sprinkle the remainder of the sugar mixture over the cherries and dot with the butter.
• 6 top with a lattice designed or other decorative top crust.
• 7 bake for 10 minutes, then lower the heat for 350° and bake for 45-50 minutes longer, or until the crust is deep golden and the juices in the pie are bubbling in the center.
• 8 cool before cutting.