Patriotic Berry Pie
Happy late 4th of July everyone! Hope you all had a great holiday weekend with tons of fun and delicious patriotic foods! 4th of July is one of our favorite holidays, so we were so excited to prepare a menu for the day!
We spent 4th of July weekend at the beach and could not have asked for better weather or better foods! We were super excited about how our dessert came out for the holiday, and it was perfect for the company we had over. We spent the day on the beach, cooked all our classic 4th of July barbecue foods, and then watched the fireworks from my Aunt’s boat on the water! It truly was a perfect day and this pie was the best way to end it.
The mix of fresh summer berries including blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries really make this pie so enjoyable and give it tons of fun flavors. What fun foods did you guys make for the holiday weekend?
a. Ingredients:
2 pie crusts
12 oz of strawberries; sliced
6 oz of raspberries
12 oz of blueberries
6 oz of blackberries
2 ½ tbsp of lemon juice
1 cup of sugar
1/3 cup of corn starch
1 egg
Turbinado sugar
b. Directions:
Lay out pie crust in a pie dish and pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees
Place the strawberries and raspberries in a mixing bowl and place the blueberries and blackberries in a separate mixing bowl
Combine the corn starch and 1 cup of sugar in a mixing bowl then add 2/3 of the mixture and 1 ½ tbsp of the lemon juice to the strawberries/raspberries; then add the remainder of the mixture and 1 tbsp of lemon juice to the blueberries/blackberries then set aside
Fold a piece of tinfoil several times then place it into the crust in the pie dish to divide the dish into 1/3 and 2/3 sections
Using a slotted spoon, spoon the strawberry/raspberry mixture into the 2/3 section of the pie then the blueberry/blackberry mixture into the 1/3 section of the pie; carefully remove the tinfoil
Using the second pie crust, take a sharp knife and cut wavy strips of dough to make the stripes; then using a star shaped cookie cutter, cut out stars from the remaining dough
Place the stripes over the strawberries/raspberries and place the stars over the blueberries/blackberries; brush the entire crust with eggs wash then sprinkle the pie with the turbinado sugar
Bake the pie for approximately 35-45 minutes; let the pie cool for at least 3-4 hours before serving
