Right now I'm over at Simple Harvest Farm, they are bringing their rabbits to be butchered tomorrow and I'm going to buy a couple but I have one dilemma. I could save some money and buy a couple alive and butcher them myself OR pay more and get buy them butchered and cleaned up. Hmmm... I think I'll end up springing for the butchered rabbits BUT I'm stiiiilll thinking about it.
On another note, last week I attended a family birthday party and made a pie for the celebration. I had some fresh apples and some ground cherries that I had frozen a month ago. These two sounded like they would taste incredible together and they sure did! I couldn't find any recipes specifically for an apple-ground cherry pie but I did find a great pie crust recipe online and an apple blueberry recipe from Pillsbury, here it is, my alterations are in the parentheses:
PIE CRUST
I followed this recipe exactly and it came out great! (Just click on the link and it will open up the recipe on another page):
Buttery Flaky Pie Crust Recipe
APPLE BLUEBERRY PIE (APPLE GROUND CHERRY PIE!)
Filling:
4 cups sliced peeled baking apples
2 cups fresh blueberries (2 cups frozen or fresh ground cherries)
3/4 cup granulated sugar (1/2 cup raw sugar & 1/4 cup sucanat)
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (I omitted this)
1 Tbsp lemon juice
Topping:
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
(I did half the amount of topping and used whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour and butter instead of margarine)
1) Heat oven to 425 F. Place pie crust in a 9 inch pie pan.
2) In large bowl, mix filling ingredients; set aside.
3) In medium bowl, mix topping ingredients with fork until crumbly. Spoon fruit into crust-line pan. Spoon topping evenly over fruit.
4) Place pie on middle oven rack; bake 50 to 70 minutes or until apples are tender and edge is bubbly. After 20 minutes of baking, cover entire pie loosely with foil to prevent excessive browning. Cool 2 hours. Serve warm or cold.