Berry Pie

Recipe Category
Dessert
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
7 cups frozen berries (Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries)
1 cup sugar
1 T lemon juice
2 T butter
4 T cornstartch or 5 1/2 T clear jell
2 pie crusts
Recipe instruction

  1. Add berries, sugar and lemon juice to a large saucepan over medium heat. 

  2. Simmer, until warm and juicy, about 5-10 minutes, gently stirring occasionally. (You can taste it at this point and see if it's sweet enough for your liking. I don't like to make mine too sweet, but if you want it sweeter you can add 1/4 cup more sugar.)

  3. Spoon out about 1/2 cup of the juice from the pan into a bowl. Stir cornstarch into the juice until smooth. 

  4. Bring pot of berries back to a simmer and slowly pour in the cornstarch. Gently stir mixture (being careful not to mash the berries), until thickened, about 2-5 minutes.

  5. Remove from heat and stir in the butter. Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell (in a 9 in deep dish pan). Add lattice top or a whole top with holes pricked on top for steam to escape.

  6. Pinch the edges of the top and bottom pie crusts together and crimp the edge, if you like. Brush a thin layer of beaten egg white over the top of the pie and sprinkle lightly with sugar. 

  7. Bake at 400 degrees F for 40-45 minutes. Check it after about 25 minutes and place a piece of tinfoil over it if the top crust is getting too brown. 

  8. Remove to a wire cooling rack and allow to cool for several hours. Once cooled completely, you can cut into it or cover it and refrigerate it overnight to serve the next day.