Concord Grape Pie

Ingredients

• 4-5 cups Concord Grapes
• 1 cup Sugar
• 3 tablespoons Corn Starch (Or Tapioca Starch)
• 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt

Directions

Grape pie is Incredible.. Most people think its difficult to make and that couldn’t be further from the truth. You’ll be surprised when you are able to throw it together (almost) as quick as any other fruit pie. I happen to have several bags of beautiful concord grapes in my possession at the moment- hence this recipe. But its important that you know that this pie can be made with virtually any type of grape!  (The seedy types and the seedless)

For the Crust- I highly suggest you make my Oatmeal and Sweet Rice Pie Crust. Its slight Oatyness accents the grape flavor beautifully. Or might I suggest the Gluten Free/ Vegan Basic Pie Crust. (this crust is egg free) To top this pie- try my Gluten/Dairy Free Streusel Recipe.  Or Double the pie crust recipe and use to cover the pie.

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Place a sauce pan on the stove and next to it a bowl- squeeze the insides of each grape into the saucepan and place the skin in  the bowl to reserve for later. Do this with 4-5 cups of grapes. (depending on the size of your pie dish)
3. Turn the burner on to medium-low. Using a Potato Masher crush the grapes and gently boil them for a few minutes to release all of the juices.
4. Strain through a fine mesh sieve. Strain the juices into the bowl of  skins.
5. To this bowl add the Sugar, cornstarch , salt and lemon juice. Mix well.
6. Place pie crust in pie pan- Fill with grape Filling. Leave room for the mixture to rise and bubble slightly- grape pies are infamous  for  making a bubbly sugary mess in the oven. I would suggest placing a piece of tin foil on the rack below the baking pie just in case.
7. Cover the top of the pie with a second pie crust- or my Gluten/Dairy Free Streusel. If using the streusel bake the pie a good 40-45 minutes before adding the streusel then place  the pie back in and bake another  15  minutes or so. If you do not do this the pie will absorb the streusel.
8. If using a second pie crust to top- make sure to prick the top of the pie with a fork several times before baking.
9. Bake 60 minutes give or take. You want the pies center to be solid when you remove it from the oven. (versus its liquid state when you placed it in the oven) It will be bubbly and smell like heaven.

Try Using this recipe to make Grape Tarts! When making grape tarts the cooking time can be decreased. They only need to bake around 30 minutes or so.

Also I must Note- Go check out Gluten Free Gigi’s Blog-  She has an AMAZING Champagne Pie Recipe.