Ground cherries make excellent jellies, jams, and preserves. You can dry them just as you would sun-dried tomatoes. Grind husk cherries to make salsa verde as with tomatillos. Or prepare a ground cherry pie, upside-down cake, or a ground cherry and plum torte. Layer halved ground cherries with fresh tomatoes and basil for a delicious appetizer. Of course, enjoy ground cherries as fresh fruits! What is the flavor of a ground cherry? Some folks describe the taste of ground cherries as sweet and zesty. Others claim that it is a sweet-tart taste rather like pineapple meeting vanilla. Still, others state that the flavor is uniquely their own: fruity, a bit nutty, and a bit like a tomato.
Ground Cherry Salsa
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- 1 cup Ground Cherries, outer husk removed
- 1/2 cup Red onion
- 1/3 cup roasted tomatoes
- 1 medium lime, juiced
- 1/4 cup finely chopped jalapeño seeds removed
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 1/4 tsp Sea Salt
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- Combine all ingredients in your food processor and pulse to combine.
- Chill prior to serving for flavors to combine. Will keep for about a week in the fridge.
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Recipe source: https://healthstartsinthekitchen.com/ground-cherry-salsa/
Ground Cherry Coffee Cake
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- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp salt
- 10 Tbs room-temperature unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup buttermilk (or regular milk soured with lemon juice or vinegar)
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 cups ground cherries (or other berries or fruit), husks removed
- 1 cup chopped pecan pieces (untoasted)
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons
- ground cinnamon
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9" cake pan (the taller the sides the better) or bundt pan. Set aside.
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In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter with two table knives until butter is combined with flour and is the size of small peas. Remove 1 cup of flour & butter mixture into a second bowl and set aside (you'll use it for your topping later).
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Add in baking powder and soda to base flour mixture and whisk gently (or sift before hand). Add buttermilk, egg, and vanilla, and stir until mixture is free of flour streaks. Lumps are ok as your butter is still chunky, but streaks tell you it's not quite mixed enough.
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Pour flour mixture into prepared pan. Scatter ground cherries (or fruit of your choice) over the top. Next, add nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon to your small bowl of flour that is set aside. Stir and sprinkle over the top. It will be thick, that's ok. It equals crunchy goodness.
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Bake for 60 to 75 minutes (depending on the color of your cake pan) until a skewer (wooden or metal) comes out crumby, but clean. If your nuts start to get too dark (dark brown good, burnt bad), apply foil over the top of your pan to halt that process and allow the cake to continue cooking. Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 15 minutes in the pan. Serve and enjoy!
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Recipe source: https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-the-10-minute-ground-cherry-coffee-cake-recipes-from-the-kitchn-161896#post-recipe-10298
Ground Cherry Pie
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- 2 ½ cups ground cherries
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 Tbs all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbs water
- 1 (9 inch) pie shell
- 3 Tbs all-purpose flour
- 3 Tbs white sugar
- 2 Tbs butter
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- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Wash ground cherries and place in unbaked pie shell.
- Mix brown sugar and 1 tablespoon flour and sprinkle over cherries.
- Sprinkle water over top.
- Mix together 3 tablespoons flour and 3 tablespoons sugar.
- Cut butter in until crumbly. Top cherry mixture with crumbs.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, reduce temperature to 375 degrees F and continue to bake for 25 minutes.
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Recipe source: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12671/ground-cherry-pie-ii/