tear-a-bite
09-29-2009, 02:23 PM
this is a family favorite. we just made some when harvesting our grapes - concord's have been on sale lately so its a good time to try it.
Here is what you'll need for a single pie:
4.5 Cups of Grapes
2 Cups of Sugar (1 Cup is enough for us usually...)
2 tsp of Lemon Juice
2 tbsp of Tapioca (I usually double this, at least...)
First, simply 'pop' the skins off each grape. Its easy to do by pinching them, but just takes a long time. Save the skins!
Next, bring the 'guts' to a boil for 2 minutes.
This will make straining out the seeds easy and helps the sugar and tapioca to mix in well.
After the boil, strain out the seeds and 'stuff' from the guts.
Now, mix the skins back into the gut gew. It smells AWESOME!
You might consider blending up the skins first - to chop them into very small, fine pieces. I like the larger, original skin size, but it is a good option to consider.
Now we mix in the sugar, Tapioca (or flour will do too...), and Lemon Juice. Mix it all in well, and let it setup. I like to add extra Tapioca to thicken it up nicely.
Now bake it and your done.
Another thing we've started doing is putting a small layer of cream cheese on the crust before adding the filling - it is like cheesecake and very good.
Pictures are on the blog (link below).
Here is what you'll need for a single pie:
4.5 Cups of Grapes
2 Cups of Sugar (1 Cup is enough for us usually...)
2 tsp of Lemon Juice
2 tbsp of Tapioca (I usually double this, at least...)
First, simply 'pop' the skins off each grape. Its easy to do by pinching them, but just takes a long time. Save the skins!
Next, bring the 'guts' to a boil for 2 minutes.
This will make straining out the seeds easy and helps the sugar and tapioca to mix in well.
After the boil, strain out the seeds and 'stuff' from the guts.
Now, mix the skins back into the gut gew. It smells AWESOME!
You might consider blending up the skins first - to chop them into very small, fine pieces. I like the larger, original skin size, but it is a good option to consider.
Now we mix in the sugar, Tapioca (or flour will do too...), and Lemon Juice. Mix it all in well, and let it setup. I like to add extra Tapioca to thicken it up nicely.
Now bake it and your done.
Another thing we've started doing is putting a small layer of cream cheese on the crust before adding the filling - it is like cheesecake and very good.
Pictures are on the blog (link below).