GOOSEBERRY PIE
Makes one 9-inch pie
Gooseberries can be difficult to find if they aren’t in season. You can buy them in some stores, but mostly they are found growing in woods and meadows in the Midwest. Gooseberries also make a great jam or preserve. Here is a recipe from the Amish Cook's editor's archives. Gooseberry pie is a summer favorite in many Amish settlements.
2 homemade or store-bought pie crusts
2 cups sugar
2 cups gooseberries
1 tablespoon flour
Walnut-sized pat of butter
Preheat the oven to 425° F.
Roll the disk of pie dough out to a 1/ 8-inch thickness on a floured surface. Fit the dough into a 9-inch pie pan. Trim the overhang to 1 inch. Fold the dough under and crimp the edges. Put sugar, berries, flou r, and butter into a bowl to mix. Then pour into pie shell and cover with top crust. Cover pie with top crust, crimping crusts together all the way around. Use some water to wet the rim of the bottom crust, that will help both crusts adhere together. Bake 35 minutes or until crust is golden brown
Gooseberry pie is an Amish favorite
Linda Clark
That sounds soooooooooooo good! We haven't had gooseberries in years. Some things just can't be replaced and that is one of them. Thanks for the memories kevin.
Wendy
Does "flouriu8" = flour ?
Elsie Burkle
believe it or not, when I was growing up in the 30's my Mom made
gooseberry soup.......!! yeck, we hated it....
Kentuckylady717
This pie really looks delicious....is this one Lovina made or one your wife made ?
Never had gooseberries........wonder if they are available in the freezer section in the stores.....especially stores like JUNGLE JIM'S, they have almost everything.....I found wild natural LIGONBERRIES (in a jar) there .....never had these either, and Dr. Oz was saying how good they were for you....so will have to check it out when I go there again.....they have almost anything you would want there.....
Kevin
Actually, the pictured pie was made by Barb W., one of our intrepid recipe testers!:)
Susie MacDonald
One of your links is broken, Kevin. I clicked on for the 3 recipes, and it took me to the Gooseberry pie recipe. So you have two links for the pie recipe.
Pastor Ralph Unroe
Mr. Williams: Could you please publish the Amish recipe for V 8 juice? Thought I asked before but a bit absent minded.
Thanks & Take Care:
R Unroe
Joseph P. Goodwin
Kiwi fruit is also known as Chinese gooseberry. Wonder if you could sub? Gooseberries look like little tomatillos. Don't try substituting those!
Huckleberries--unrelated; similar to tart blueberries--are also difficult to come by. They're quite small. I bought huckleberry jam in Boise, Idaho. If you want details, e-mail me at [email protected]. I'm not promoting a company, just offering info. In fact, I haven't tried the jam yet, so I can't attest to it's quality.
Kentuckylady, I got both lingonberry jam and cloudberry jam in Newfoundland. I don't know if they're available here down South. Haven't been to Jungle Jim's yet, plan to go. We've got a similar store in Indianapolis, Saraga. Spent some $ there two weeks ago.