Ground cherries, also known as husk tomatoes, produce tiny tomato-like fruits in papery husks on low, lanky bushes. This is an old Mennonite recipe with a crumb topping.
Ingredients
- ½ cups ground cherries: 2 piece
- packed brown sugar: 0.5 cup
- all-purpose flour: 1 Tbsp
- water: 2 Tbsp
- pie shell: 1 piece (9 inch)
- all-purpose flour: 3 Tbsp
- white sugar: 3 Tbsp
- butter: 2 Tbsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
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Wash ground cherries and place in unbaked pie shell. Mix brown sugar and 1 tablespoon flour and sprinkle over cherries. Sprinkle water over top. Mix together 3 tablespoons flour and 3 tablespoons sugar. Cut butter in until crumbly. Top cherry mixture with crumbs.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, reduce temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and continue to bake for 25 minutes.
