Pie Series Part 2-Fresh Blackberry Pie!

Ready to go in the oven!

      You may have guessed from this post and this one, that I really love blackberries.  Lucky for me, they have been on sale for some really good prices lately! I decided that showing you how to make blackberry pie would be a great idea because making a fresh fruit pie is a special skill to have! When you work with blackberries you need to take extra care because they are a tender fruit.
        I always precook my fruits for fruit pies because:

• You can thicken the juices and sweeten them to taste.  Every piece of fruit will be coated with the juices, be tender and taste delicious.
• You won't get big air bubbles under the top crust of your pie because your fruit has already done most of its shrinking before you bake it.
• There is no guessing about if your fruit is tender enough to take out of the oven.
  

Don't get me wrong, I don't over cook the fruit, I just cook it enough to get the juices flowing and thickened.  You can click on the button below to get the full recipe for the blackberry pie with explanations on how to do it right!

Fresh Blackberry PIe

      My mom always taught me to put 3 three slits in the top of the pie to let the steam escape.  I usually do that, but sometimes I feel like getting a little fancy, so on this pie I only put one slit to leave room for a some decorations. 

       I used a straw to cut circles to form the blackberries.  I used a little soft butter to stick them in place.  Then, I used some of the reserved blackberry juice to add the color.  I cut out the leaf and stem with a knife and just left them their natural color.  Sprinkle the entire pie with sugar.  It gives the top crust a little sweet crunch. 

Here it is again, already to go into the oven!

        Here it is fresh out of the oven, juices bubbling!  It is too hot to cut right now.  As a fruit pie cools, the juices thicken, then when you slice it the fruit won't all spill out leaving parts of the pie fruitless.  When it is just warm, you can slice it and serve it with ice cream.  
         The crust recipe is available here, or I will soon put it on the printables page.  In our next post of the Pie Series, I will show you a picture of the blackberry pie sliced! We have a lot of great recipes to look forward to.  I hope you are following along and planning to try some of them out.
          Remember, Cyber Monday and Black Friday are coming.  I am posting some great gift ideas at the end of each of my blog posts.  I hope you will click through and check them out!

   Here is an inexpensive plain apron to personalize for any cook or grill master.

   So cute for the pie baker! It has a whistling bird to let out the steam!

I put this on here because my rolling pin that I have had since I was married 37 years ago has started to split.  (Hint, Hint).