RecipeMuncher

One of the things that I’ve been picking up every week at the farmer’s markets (from Wayward Seed Farms in particular) is ground cherries - after trying them for the first time at Alana’s, I discovered how tasty they were just to pop them in your mouth for a snack. However, mouth popping gets old, and this week I wanted to find a way to use them in a recipe.

As it’s not a very popular fruit, there weren’t a ton of recipes available online, but once I saw old Mennonite recipe for ground cherry pie, I knew I’d have to try it this way. Unfortunately, I only had a pint of ground cherries (this recipe needs about 2-3 pints), so I improvised and made little mini-pies with free form crusts in ramekins. I cut the crumb/sugar by about half, and used store-bought pie crust. It’s easily one of the best pies I’ve ever had. The ground cherries, at least in this incarnation, have a peachy/pineappley taste. I am going to go out of my way to bu…