Sunday, August 20, 2023

AUNT JANE'S GRAPE PIE

This recipe is from the 1958 Good Housekeeping Party Pies Cookbook.  Over the next few weeks I will share several recipes and pictures from this 62 year old pie book.  I hope you enjoy some of the memories it will bring.  Here is a recipe for a grape pie.  How often do you hear of a grape pie today.  Yet I remember them from childhood.  Another treat that has slipped by the wayside!

Pastry for a 2-crust pie
4 cups stemmed Concord grapes
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tablesp. lemon juice
1 tablesp. gratd orange rind
1 tablesp. quick-cooking tapioca

For the filling, slip grapes out of skins; save skins.  Cook pulp until seeds loosen; press through a coarse sieve.  Mix sieved pulp, skins, sugar, lemon juice, orange rind, and tapioca.  Let stand for 5 minutes.  Pour into unbaked pie crust.  Top with the top crust in Trellis design (found in an earlier post of this blog).  Bake in preheated 425-degree oven for aout 40 minutes until the crust is golden brown.

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