Brigids Blackberry Pie Food

BRIGID'S BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a 9 inch deep dish pie pan with one of the crusts.
• Place the blackberries in a large bowl. Stir together the sugar, flour, and salt. Sprinkle over the berries, and toss to coat. Pour into the pie crust. Dot with butter. Place the other pie crust over the top, and secure to the bottom crust by pressing with a fork, or fluting with your fingers. Cut a design in the top crust with a sharp knife to vent steam.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until the top crust is browned. Let cool to almost room temperature before serving to allow the filling to set.

BLACKBERRY RASPBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with foil. Place the baking sheet on the center rack of the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Allow the baking sheet to heat for 15 minutes.
• To a large bowl, add the blackberries, raspberries, 1 cup of the sugar, 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon, the arrowroot, flour and salt, and toss gently to combine. In a separate small bowl mix the remaining 1 teaspoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and set aside.
• Butter a 9-inch ceramic or glass pie dish. Unroll one pie crust and place into the pie dish. Pour the berry mixture into the crust. Unroll the second pie crust and place on top of the filling. Pinch the edges of the top and bottom crusts together to seal. Fold the double edge under and crimp, making a decorative edge. Sprinkle the reserved sugar and cinnamon mixture over the top. Using a paring knife, cut a few slits in the top of the pie crust.
• Place the pie into the oven on the prepared baking sheet and bake until the crust is deep golden and the filling is bubbling through the slits, 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Cool the pie to room temperature before serving.

BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Toss together the berries, granulated sugar, vanilla and lemon zest and juice in a large bowl. Let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Meanwhile, unroll one pie crust and press it into a 9-inch pie plate. Roll out the other crust on a floured cutting board. Using a 2-inch round biscuit cutter, cut the entire crust into rounds, rerolling until all the dough is used (about 28 rounds).
• Sprinkle the cornstarch over the berry mixture and toss to combine. Pour the berry mixture into the crust and spread into an even layer. Dot the top with the butter pieces. Brush the border of the dough lightly with the egg wash. Place the rounds around the border of the pie plate, overlapping them slightly and using the egg wash as an adhesive when necessary. There will be empty space in the center. Crimp the edge of the pie. Brush the entire crust with the egg wash and sprinkle with the turbinado sugar.
• Put the pie plate on a baking sheet and bake until the center is set and the crust is golden brown, 45 to 50 minutes. Put on a wire rack to cool completely. Serve at room temperature.

BEST BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Prepare pie dough of your choice, chill, and roll out top and bottom crusts.
• Preheat oven to 400.
• Mix berries, tapioca, sugar, lemon juice, and salt in medium bowl.
• Line 9" glass pie plate with dough. Fill with berry mixture. Dot with butter.
• Cover with top crust; seal and flute edge. Cut several slits in crust to vent.
• Brush top crust with milk and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until top and bottom crusts are golden brown. I usually cover crust with a foil circle part way through to prevent over-browning.

GLAZED BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Place 2 cups blackberries in pastry shell; set aside.
• In a saucepan, crush 1 cup blackberries. Add 3/4 cup water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Press berries through a sieve. Set juice aside and discard pulp.
• In a saucepan, combine the sugar and cornstarch. Stir in remaining water and reserved juice until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in food coloring if desired. Pour half the glaze over berries in pastry shell. Stir remaining berries into glaze; carefully spoon over filling.
• Refrigerate for 3 hours or until set.
• Garnish with whipped topping. Refrigerate leftovers.

BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, stir the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to mix well.
• Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until the mixture makes coarse crumbs; there may be some small pieces of butter still visible; that is fine.
• Adjust oven rack one-third up from bottom of oven; preheat to 350°.
• In a bowl, combine the sugar and tapioca; add in the frozen berries, stir gently with a rubber spatula; let stand for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, peel, quarter, and core the apple; cut it into ¼ to ½ inch cubes.
• Stir it into the berry mixture; sprinkle the lemon juice over the fruit and gently stir together.
• Spread the berry mixture in a smooth layer in the crust; slowly and carefully sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the berry mixture.
• To prevent rim of the pie from overbrowning, cover edges of pie crust with foil.
• Bake for 1 hour; then remove foil, increase heat to 450° and continue baking for 8-10 minutes, only until the filling begins to bubble up around the edges (watch it and do not let it bubble over.
• Remove from oven; at this point the filling will be thin and soupy, but when it cools it will become firm and will slice nicely.
• Serve at room temperature, plain or with vanilla ice cream.
• Note: it is important that the crust be high and not have any low spots or the filling will bubble over.

JAMES BEARD'S BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• To wash berries, put in colander and dip up and down in bowl of water; drain well.
• Combine with sugar, flour, salt and lemon juice.
• Turn into pastry lined pie pan.
• Dot with butter.
• Trim pastry edge and moisten it.
• Cover with top pastry, trim edge, crimp top and bottom edges together and cut vents for steam.
• Bake at 450ºF for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350ºF and bake 25 to 30 minutes longer.
• Cool on a rack.

FRESH BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine sugar, tapioca and salt. Add 1 cup blackberries; toss to coat. Let stand for 15 minutes. Cook and stir over medium heat until berries burst and mixture comes to a gentle boil. Remove from the heat; gently stir in remaining berries., Preheat oven to 400°. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim even with rim. Add filling; dot with butter. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Cut slits in top., Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

BLACKBIRD PIE

Steps:

• Use the pre-made pie crust to line a 9-in pie pan.
• Place blueberries and peaches in a bowl and toss with lemon juice. Add sugar, tapioca and the 1/2 tsp cinnamon and mix lightly.
• Place above mixture into pie crust and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar as desired.
• Bake 35-40 minutes in a 425° oven.