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blackberry pie, baked
something had to be done with the tonnes of blackberries i picked last week and had cooling in the fridge, so pastry was made and a pie was baked. i didn't have enough dough to form a complete top shell, as usual, and the decison was made to bring out the little person cookie cutter to satisfy my inner cannibal.
crust: whatever your usual is, use it. i like a whole wheat crust with shortening.
the pie: about 6 cups of berries, tossed with 2 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp cornstarch (or quick-cook tapioca flour), a few shots of vanilla (i use dark rum that has had a split vanilla bean soaking in it, since i refuse to pay usurious fees to the vanilla mongers), some orange zest or lemon zest, and that's it. dock the bottom pastry layer, heap on the fruit, brush the top crust with a beaten egg and some sugar and bake at 400° f for 30 minutes, then cover with tinfoil and bake at 350° f for 30 minutes. serves one.
the shrieks of the doomed crust-humans are delicious.
blackberry pie, baked
something had to be done with the tonnes of blackberries i picked last week and had cooling in the fridge, so pastry was made and a pie was baked. i didn't have enough dough to form a complete top shell, as usual, and the decison was made to bring out the little person cookie cutter to satisfy my inner cannibal.
crust: whatever your usual is, use it. i like a whole wheat crust with shortening.
the pie: about 6 cups of berries, tossed with 2 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp cornstarch (or quick-cook tapioca flour), a few shots of vanilla (i use dark rum that has had a split vanilla bean soaking in it, since i refuse to pay usurious fees to the vanilla mongers), some orange zest or lemon zest, and that's it. dock the bottom pastry layer, heap on the fruit, brush the top crust with a beaten egg and some sugar and bake at 400° f for 30 minutes, then cover with tinfoil and bake at 350° f for 30 minutes. serves one.
the shrieks of the doomed crust-humans are delicious.