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(A)
Pastry for 2 crust pie
2 cups elderberries
1 and 1/2 cups chopped peeled tart apples
1 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons quick cooking tapioca
2 tablespoons butter
Wash elderberries and remove stems.
Combine elderberries, apples, sugar, salt and tapioca, crushing berries with spoon. Spoon mixture into pastry lined 9" pie pan. Dot with butter; top with pastry lattice.Bake in hot oven at 400 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden.
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(B)
2 1/2 cups elderberries
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3/4 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a 9 inch pie pan with pastry.
Combine berries and lemon juice. Pour into shell. Mix sugar, salt and flour. Sprinkle over berries.
Cover with top crust. Seal and flute edges. Cut a few small steam vents in the top.
Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake 30 minutes longer.
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(C)
1 c. sugar
4 c. fresh elderberries
3-4 T. flour
1 T. lemon juice
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 T. butter
1/8th tsp. salt
Prepare 2 crusts for a 9" pie dish and line the pan with 1 of them. Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Spoon half this mixture over the pastry crust. Add fruit and sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture. Drizzle the lemon juice evenly over fruit and add thin slices of butter here and there. Lay the second crust over & SEAL the edges. Prick "vents" with fork and bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 30-40 minutes on the lower shelf.
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