Best James Beards Blackberry Pie Recipes

BEST BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Prepare pie dough of your choice, chill, and roll out top and bottom crusts.
• Preheat oven to 400.
• Mix berries, tapioca, sugar, lemon juice, and salt in medium bowl.
• Line 9" glass pie plate with dough. Fill with berry mixture. Dot with butter.
• Cover with top crust; seal and flute edge. Cut several slits in crust to vent.
• Brush top crust with milk and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until top and bottom crusts are golden brown. I usually cover crust with a foil circle part way through to prevent over-browning.

PERFECT BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lowest position and place four 9-inch unglazed quarry tiles on rack to form an 18-inch square.
• (A pizza stone will work, too.) Preheat oven to 400 degrees and let tiles heat for at least 30 minutes.
• 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.
• Set an 18-inch square of heavy-duty foil on tiles or pizza stone.
• Set pie on foil and bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove pie from oven, brush with beaten egg white, sprinkle with 1 1/2 Tbs.
• sugar.
• Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes longer.
• Bring foil around pie to loosely cover.
• Bake until filling bubbles, 15-20 minutes longer.
• Cool on a wire rack, 2-3 hours.

COUNTRY-STYLE FRESH BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Rinse blackberries in colander, dry on papertowels.
• Make and roll out enough pie dough to line a regular (not deep-dish) 9" pie plate. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate to keep cold. Wrap other ball (rest)of dough and chill, too.
• Place blackberries in large bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice. Set aside.
• In small bowl, mix 1 cup sugar with the flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Sprinkle over berries and slightly toss very gently.
• Remove dough-lined plate from fridge,(uncover), and gently pour berries into pie plate. Be sure to slightly mound them in the center.
• Evenly dot top of berries with cut up butter.
• Set aside.
• Roll out second portion of pie dough to an 11" circle.
• Cut a 2" cross in center. Fold back each center point to create a steam vent.
• Place top crust over filling.
• Fold edge of top crust under edge of bottom crust and press together to seal.
• Stick four toothpicks down through the points (folds) of steam vents on the top crust to hold in place while baking.
• Crimp edge of pie crust all the way around.
• Brush top with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
• Place pie on foil-lined cookie sheet to catch any spills.
• Cover edge of pie crust with foil to prevent over-browning.
• Bake in 400 degree oven for 40-45 minutes or til juices bubble through steam vent and crust is golden brown.
• Remove to wire rack to cool.
• Remove toothpicks.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream if preferred!

FRESH BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Place half the rolled pastry crust into the bottom of a 9-inch glass pie plate.
• Rinse berries and allow to drain (make sure they are dry when you use them- you can blot them with paper toweling if needed).
• Mix berries with the cornstarch and 1/2 cup sugar until all the sugar and cornstarch is taken up.
• Place coated berries on the bottom crust in the pie plate.
• Top berries with rolled pastry crust.
• Entwine the upper and lower edges of crust and crimp to form a seal.
• Beat egg white until frothy in a small dish.
• Using a brush, coat top crust lightly with egg white.
• Sprinkle crust with 2 tbsp sugar.
• Using a sharp knife, cut several vents in the top crust.
• Place pie plate on a baking or cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes.
• Watch the crust on the pie that it doesn't brown too much--cover with foil or a crust guard if necessary.
• Cool pie thoroughly on a wire rack before serving.

BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Mix sugar, flour, tapioca and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle over berries and toss to coat until well blended.
• Pour into premade pie crust and dot with butter. Put top crust on.
• Cut 3-4 slits through top crust.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake about 1 hour longer or until crust is light brown.
• Serve warm with ice cream.

BEEBEE'S BLACKBERRY JAM PIE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, butter, buttermilk, jam, cornstarch and egg yolks; beat well.
• Pour into pie crust.
• Bake at 325 degrees until the crust is brown and the middle of the pie is firm. Remove from oven.
• Make meringue with the 4 egg whites and 4 tablespoons sugar, beaten stiff.
• Put on top of pie and return to oven until meringue is slightly brown.
• Remove from oven and cool completely before cutting.

JAMES BEARD'S BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• To wash berries, put in colander and dip up and down in bowl of water; drain well.
• Combine with sugar, flour, salt and lemon juice.
• Turn into pastry lined pie pan.
• Dot with butter.
• Trim pastry edge and moisten it.
• Cover with top pastry, trim edge, crimp top and bottom edges together and cut vents for steam.
• Bake at 450ºF for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350ºF and bake 25 to 30 minutes longer.
• Cool on a rack.