Pie: Perfect Blackberry Pie
Source of Recipe
USA Weekend
List of Ingredients
1 recipe for As-Easy-as-It-Gets Pie Dough
Blackberry Filling:
5 1/2 cups fresh blackberries
3/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. granulated sugar
Pinch salt
1/4 cup potato starch or potato flour
1 tsp. finely grated lemon zest
1 Tb. butter, cut into small pieces
1 egg white, beaten, for pastry wash
1 1/2 Tbs. granulated sugar Recipe
Make pie dough according to directions..
Purée 1 cup of the blackberries in a food processor fitted with the metal blade; set aside.
Stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, bring the sugar, salt, starch and blackberry purée to the consistency of thick jam over medium-low heat in a large saucepan. Stir in lemon zest. Pour thickener over remaining blackberries and stir to combine.
Pour blackberry filling into bottom pie shell and dot with the 1 Tb. butter. Cover with top layer of pastry dough, and continue to follow directions for Perfect Peach Pie, adding the beaten egg wash and sugar when indicated.
Serves 8.
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