Ah, I love my blackberry bush. The berries are delicious, and we’ve picked probably a couple of pounds already. This weekend, I made my first pie. It may not be pretty, but it’s delicious!!
I used Paula Dean’s recipe, which thankfully used a refrigerated pie crust. I think I did pretty well for my first attempt.
Ingredients
- 6 cups (1 3/4 pounds) blackberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 2 disks refrigerated pie dough (one 14-ounce package)
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, diced
- 1 large egg
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F with a baking sheet on the middle rack. In a large bowl, toss the blackberries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and lemon zest. Let stand, mixing and coarsely mashing occasionally, 20 minutes.
Fit one round of dough into a 9-inch pie plate. Trim the edges, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang. Refrigerate while you continue. Cut the remaining piece of dough into approximately eleven 11/4-inch-wide strips.
Spoon the blackberry mixture into the pie shell. Dot the top with the butter. Arrange the dough strips in a lattice pattern on top of the filling and trim the strips close to the edge of the pan; roll up and crimp the edge. Lightly beat the egg with 1 tablespoon water and brush on the top and edge of the pie.
Place the pie on the hot baking sheet in the oven and bake until the filling is bubbling, 45 minutes to 1 hour. If the crust browns too quickly, cover it with foil and continue baking. Let the pie cool before serving.
So that’s what I’ve been up to. While I’ve been cooking, my daughter, Amber, has been drawing as usual. It’s been a while since I’ve shared one of her drawings. She’s been doing a lot of birds lately. This is her blue-gray gnatcatcher.
Oh dear goodness, that pie looks GOOD. YUM. Thanks for sharing… I’m tempted to hit the store for pie crust and berries right this instant.
It doesn’t matter how it looks as long as it tastes good!
Wow! Your blackberry pie looks delicious. Yummy!
I love the bird drawing! Both of my kids love to draw too. They’re so proud of their art work. Me too!
It looks picture perfect!
Your pie looks just scrumptious. And your daughter’s drawings keep getting better and better. Tell her to never stop drawing!
I don’t think she could quit drawing if she wanted to. She’s carried paper and pencil everywhere since she was old enough to hold those fat little ones for toddlers.
Mmmm yum! I love pie
I would love to have a blackberry bush. Looks wonderful!
Oh! the pie looks WONDERFUL! scrumptious.