Cafe Hon's Mixed Berry Pie
Serves: 4
Branson Greenfelder
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
43
Spice
54
Sweetness
48
Sourness
44
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.5
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
All-Purpose Flour1 tsp
Salt1 cup
Shortening (chilled)1.5 tbsps
Butter2 cups
Blueberry (fresh or frozen)2 cups
Raspberry (fresh or frozen)1 cup
Sugar1.5 tsps
Ground CinnamonDirections:
1
For the crust: Process the flour, salt, shortening and butter in a food processor until you get the visual consistency of fine meal
2
Place the fine meal into a bowl
3
With a fork make a hole in the meal
4
Pour the ice water in the hole and gently mix the water into the fine meal
5
Continue this process until the fine meal has the consistency of play dough
6
Flour your board and rolling pin, and then roll out the dough
7
Divide the dough in half and roll out dough for a 2 crust 9-inch pie
8
For the filling: If using frozen fruit, measure first, then thaw and drain fruit
9
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
10
Combine the flour, sugar and cinnamon, stir with fork
11
Place 1 crust into the pie pan
12
Spread 1/3 of the sugar mixture on the bottom and add fruit
13
Top the mixed berries with the rest of the sugar mixture
14
Wet the edges of the bottom crust by dipping your finger in the ice water and rubbing it around the edge of the crust
15
Place the top crust on the pie and gently press the top crust to the bottom
16
Trim with a knife and roll under
17
Press together with the thumb and forefinger to make a scalloped edge
18
With the knife, place 8 1/2-inch slits on the top of the pie
19
Bake for 45 minutes
20
When checking the doneness of the filling, insert a knife into the center of the pie
21
If there is little or no resistance, the pie is done