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NAME

     GRAPE-PIE - Fruit pie made from green seedless grapes
     This recipe came originally from the Los Angeles Times Maga-
     zine.   It's  unusual:  I'd  never  before  thought of using
     grapes in a pie before. But it's good!

INGREDIENTS (1 pie)

     150 g     Graham cracker crumbs
     40 g      sugar
     80 g      butter, melted
     15 ml     cornstarch
     130 g     sugar
     60 ml     cold water
     1 kg      green seedless grapes, with stems removed
     15 ml     lemon juice
     250 ml    sour cream
     15 g      sugar
     5 ml      vanilla extract

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Preheat oven to 175 deg. C.
          (2)  Combine cracker crumbs, 40 g sugar, and butter.
          (3)  Reserve 1/4 cup of this crumb  mixture  and  press
               the rest into a 22-cm pie pan.
          (4)  Bake at 175 deg. C for 8 minutes.  Allow to cool.
          (5)  Dissolve cornstarch and 130 g sugar in cold  water
               in saucepan.  Add grapes, and bring to boil, stir-
               ring constantly.
          (6)  Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.  Remove from
               heat and stir in the lemon juice.  cool.
          (7)  Spoon this  filling  into  the  baked  and  cooled
               crust.  Mix sour cream with 15 g sugar and vanilla
               and  spread  over  pie.   Sprinkle  with  reserved
               crumbs.  Serve.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy  to  moderate  (burns  easily).   Time:  30
     minutes.  Precision: approximate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Michelle Berteig
     Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA
     michelle@tybalt.caltech.edu