Edibles
Many of us spend the winter looking through seed
catalogs, dreaming of the warm weather to come. Now's the time to
plan out the vegetables, fruit and herbs you want to grow next
summer. We of course will have plants of many of your favorites,
as well as new heirlooms and Burpee exclusive varieties.
Click here
to download the vegetables & fruits we will have available Spring 2012.
Click here
to download the herbs we will have available Spring 2011 (2012 coming
soon).
Here’s a great
recipe to enjoy this Fall.
Deep Dish Apple & Ground Cherry Pie
Old-time family favorite, ground cherries add zip and the flavor of
fall.
You
can make this as a traditional 2 crust pie, or save a few calories and
only put crust on top (like we usually do) and make it a deep dish pie.
Note:
Ground Cherries grow inside a papery husk and fall to the ground just
before they ripen. They will have a dark, golden color when ripe.
Filling:
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Dash of salt
7 cups peeled & sliced Apples (baking type, like Granny Smith)
1 cup Ground Cherries whole
2 Tablespoons butter
Heat oven to 425’F. Mix flour, sugar and spices together, then mix in
fruit. If only using top crust, pour into empty 9” pie pan and dot with
butter.
Healthy Canola oil crust (one 9-inch crust):
1 1/3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup Canola oil
2 Tablespoon cold water
Mix together with a spoon, then add the cold water. Between 2 sheets of
wax paper roll out a circle approximately 1/2 inch bigger than the pie
pan. If only using 1 crust, remove top sheet of wax paper and flip over
onto the pie pan with filling already in place, remove last sheet of wax
paper. Pat down edge and using a knife cut off excess crust
along outside edge of pan, then flute (crimp) edge to keep all the
juices contained. Cut 4-5 slits in top to let excess heat vent. Bake
for 40-50 minutes until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble
through slits in crust.
Optional–
cover edge with 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive
browning, then remove foil during last 15 min. of baking.
Enjoy
the fruits of your labor!
