Recipe
for Gooseberry Pie
Make
your own crust –
· 2 cups all-purpose
flour
· 3/4 teaspoon salt
· 1/2 egg,
beaten
· 1/2 tablespoon granulated
sugar
· 3/4 cup Crisco
· 1/2 tablespoon vinegar
· 1/4 cup water
Blend
flour, sugar and salt.
Cut
in Crisco to pea sized pieces.
Mix
together egg, water and vinegar.
Add
to flour.
Mix
until moistened and a soft dough forms.
Refrigerate
for at least 1 hour before rolling.
Make
the filling –
· 1
cup sugar
· 3
tablespoons corn starch
· 1/8
teaspoon salt
· 2
cans Oregon Fruit Gooseberries (unless you grow your own)
· 1
tablespoon butter
Mix
sugar cornstarch and salt. Add the syrup from the gooseberries and cook over
medium heat until thickened in a small sauce pan. Add the gooseberries and
butter away from heat, then pour into crust. Seal with crust on top.
First
bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes, then lower to 350 degrees for 20 to 30
minutes.
Murder in Mount Dora - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish
Trent Cooper, 20-year newspaper vet for the Kansas City Star has retired. He and his photographer Horatio Cook are moving to Mount Dora, Florida. Trent has great dreams of finally having time to write his first novel. He finds the perfect house and discovers the perfect spot for writing in a little cafe called Stairway to Heavenly Goodies. And that is where he's busy writing his novel when Horatio interrupts him with news that there was a body found by fishermen, in the lake.
About 75 years earlier Meyer Lansky opened up a casino in the little town of Eustis, Florida. His right arm man Bobby Skinny Boy Aieli is the one he goes to when someone gets out of hand and things need to be 'handled'. But with the problem that Lansky finds himself faced with in connection with one of his employees, he decided this was one he would take care of this himself. And the best place for him to handle this is out in the middle of the lake.
Then comes Meredith Archibald. She saw the news of the bones being found and believes it to be her grandfather. Meredith was adopted when both her parents were killed when she was only 3 months old. She has searched for her real family for some time and after meeting with an aunt in New York she knows this has to be him. So, after scraping up all the money she has in the world she takes a trip to Mount Dora and meets with Trent in hopes of hiring him to help her prove the identity of the man in the lake.
This book has to be one of the most attention holding books I've read. It flips from the early 1900's to 2007. I've never enjoyed reading books during the 1900's but this book I couldn't put down. It's full of mob history along with a story that kept me involved. The more I read, the more I wondered if this author might have known a lot of this history 'first hand' or knew someone who did. I recommend this one to anyone who loves a really great story, and a little history along the way.