Double Berry Pie Food

MIXED BERRY PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix flour and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide dough into 2 portions so that 1 is slightly larger than the other. Shape each into a disk. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., For filling, in a large saucepan, whisk sugar, cornstarch, salt, water and, if desired, cinnamon until smooth; add blueberries. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool slightly., Preheat oven to 400°. Gently fold raspberries, strawberries, blackberries and lemon juice into blueberry mixture. On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger portion of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate. Add filling; dot with butter., Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; cut into 1/2-in.-wide strips. Arrange over filling in a lattice pattern. Trim and seal strips to edge of bottom crust; flute edge. Bake 10 minutes. , Reduce oven setting to 350°; bake 45-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

DOUBLE-CRUST BERRY FREE-FORM PIE

Steps:

• On a lightly floured piece of parchment, roll out one disk of dough to an 18-inch round. Transfer parchment and dough to a baking sheet and refrigerate until just firm, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, on another lightly floured piece of parchment, roll out remaining disk of dough to a 15-inch round. Leaving a 1-inch border, punch out squares with a 1-inch square cutter in rows, spaced about 3/4 inch apart, to form a grid. Transfer parchment and dough to another baking sheet and refrigerate 10 minutes.
• In a bowl, toss berries with cornstarch, granulated sugar, and lemon juice. Spread mixture evenly over center of 18-inch dough round, leaving a 3 1/2-inch border. Center second dough round on top of berries; brush with egg wash. Fold bottom dough over top, pressing to seal and forming pleats as you go. Brush folded edges with egg wash and sprinkle entire surface with sanding sugar. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake pie, rotating once, until golden brown and juices are bubbling in center, about 1 hour, 10 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack at least 1 hour before serving.

DOUBLE BERRY SLAB PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Remove 2 of the pie crusts from pouches. On lightly floured surface, unroll and stack crusts one on top of the other. Roll to 17x12-inch rectangle. Fit crust into 15x10x1-inch pan, pressing firmly into corners and sides. Do not trim pie crust edges.
• In large bowl, mix strawberries, raspberries, 1 cup sugar, the cornstarch and lemon juice with spoon until well blended. Spoon into crust-lined pan.
• Unroll and stack remaining 2 pie crusts on lightly floured surface. Roll to 17x12-inch rectangle. Place on top of strawberry mixture. Pinch edges of crusts together to seal, tucking under extra crust, if necessary. Flute or crimp edges. Cut several slits in top crust; brush with milk, and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool 2 hours. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Serve with ice cream. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pie.

FRESH DOUBLE BERRY PIE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
• for at-least 20 minutes.
• Line crust with parchment, fill with dried beans or rice.
• Bake for 20 mins.
• Remove from oven, remove parchment/beans, prick bottom with fork, return to oven and bake until golden brown.
• Remove from oven let cool on rack for 2 mins.
• Brush entire crust with egg white while still hot.
• Place blueberries in a medium saucepan with 3/4 cup water, cover and bring to a boil.
• When water and blueberries come to a boil, lower the heat to simmer and stir constatly for 3-4 minutes until the berries start to burst and the juices start to thicken.
• While still stirring slowly add the cornstarch, sugar, lemonjuice and salt.
• Simmer for a minute or so until the mixture becomes translucent.
• Remove from heat Spoon about 1/2 the mixture into the pie crust.
• Dip each strawberry into the remaining mixture and arrange neatly in pie large side down.
• Any remaining blueberry mixture over strawberry's Let sit at room temperature for atleast 2 hrs before serving with whipped cream.
• Store at room temperature for 2 days.

TRIPLE BERRY PIE

Steps:

• Cook berries: Add berries, sugar and lemon juice to a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Simmer, until warm and juicy, about 5-10 minutes, gently stirring occasionally. (You can taste it at this point and see if it's sweet enough for your liking. I don't like to make mine too sweet, but if you want it sweeter you can add 1/4 cup more sugar.)
• Thicken filling: Spoon out about 1/2 cup of the juice from the pan into a bowl. Stir cornstarch into the juice until smooth.
• Bring pot of berries back to a simmer and slowly pour in the cornstarch. Gently stir mixture (being careful not to mash the berries), until thickened, about 2-5 minutes.
• Cool and add to pie shell. Remove from heat and stir in the butter. Allow to cool for 15 minutes. Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell (in a 9 in deep dish pan).
• Add lattice top or a whole top with holes pricked on top for steam to escape. (See directions for lattice crust below).
• Pinch the edges of the top and bottom pie crusts together and crimp the edge, if you like. Brush a thin layer of beaten egg white over the top of the pie and sprinkle lightly with sugar.
• Bake at 400 degrees F for 40-45 minutes. Check it after about 25 minutes and place a piece of tinfoil over it if the top crust is getting too brown.
• Remove to a wire cooling rack and allow to cool for several hours. Once cooled completely, you can cut into it or cover it and refrigerate it overnight to serve the next day.

DOUBLE BLUEBERRY COOKIE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray a 9 inch pie pan and a small cookie sheet with cooking spray.
• Combine cookie dough and flour in a small bowl.
• Remove about a quarter of this mixture, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for later use.
• With floured hands, press unrefrigerated cookie dough onto bottom and sides of prepared pie pan.
• Set in freezer to firm, about 15 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out refrigerated cookie dough to 1/4 inch thick.
• With a floured cookie cutter, cut out stars or other shapes.
• Place on prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake pie crust until golden, about 11 minutes, and stars for about 6 minutes; cool on wire racks.
• In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup blueberries,sugar,cornstarch, and salt.
• Stir in 2/3 cup water and the lemon juice.
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• Stirring constantly and crushing blueberries, boil until mixture thickens; stir in remaining blueberries and chill.
• Spoon chilled blueberry mixture into cooled pie shell.
• Decorate with star-shaped cookies and whipped cream.

DOUBLE CRUSTED BLUEBERRY PIE (DORIE GREENSPAN)

Steps:

• FOR THE PIE DOUGH: Put the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor fitted with a metal blade, pulse just to combine the ingredients. Drop in the butter and shortening and pulse only until the butter and shortening are cut into the flour. Don't overdo the mixing- what you're aiming for is to have some pieces the size of fat green peas and others the size of barley. Pulsing the machine on and off, gradually add about 6 tbsps of the water- add a little water and pulse once, add some more water, pulse again and keep going that way. Then use a few long pulses to get the water into the flour. If, after a dozen or so pulses, the dough doesn't look evenly moistened or form soft curds, pulse in as much of the remaining water as necessary, or even a few drops more, to get a dough that will stick together when pinched. Big pieces of butter are fine. Scrape the dough out of the bowl and onto a work surface.
• Divide the dough in half. Gather each half into a ball, flatten each ball into a disk and wrap each half in plastic. Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour before rolling (if your ingredients were very cold and you worked quickly, though, you might be able to roll the dough immediately: the dough should be as cold as if it had just come out of the fridge).
• To Roll Out the Dough: Have a buttered 9 inch pie plate at hand. You can roll the dough out onto a floured surface or between sheets of wax paper or plastic wrap or in a rolling slipcover. If you're working on a counter, turn the dough over frequently and keep the counter floured. If you are rolling between paper, plastic or in a slipcover, make sure to turn the dough over often and to life the paper, plastic, or cover frequently so that it doesn't roll into the dough and form creases. If you've got time, slide the rolled out dough into the fridge for about 20 minutes to rest and firm up.
• FOR THE PIE: Butter a 9-inch Pyrex pie plate. Working on a well-floured surface (or between wax paper or plastic wrap), roll out one piece of the dough to a thickness of about 1/8th inch. Fit the dough onto the buttered pie plate and trim the edges to a 1/2 inch overhang. Roll the other piece of dough into a 1/8 inch thick circle and place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone mat. Cover both the circle and the pie plate with plastic wrap and refrigerate while you pre-heat the oven and prepare the filling.
• Getting Ready to Bake: Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and pre-heat the oven to 425°F.
• Put the berries in a large bowl and gently stir in the sugar, flour, salt, zest and juice; let sit for about 5 minutes. Taste the filling and add more sugar and/or lemon juice, if needed.
• Remove the pie shell and top crust from the refrigerator. Sprinkle an even layer of the breadcrumbs over the bottom of the shell. Give the filling a last stir and turn it into the crust.
• Using your fingertips, moisten the rim of the bottom crust with a little cold water. Center the top crust over the filling and gently press the top crust against the bottom. Either fold the overhang from the top crust under the bottom crust and crimp the edges attractively or press the top crust against the bottom crust and trim the overhang from both crusts even with the rim of the pie plate. If you've pressed and trimmed the crust, use the tines of a fork to press the two crusts together securely. Using a small, sharp knife, cut 4 slits in the top crust crust and cut a circle out of the center, then lift the plate onto the baking sheet. (If you have time, refrigerate the pie for about 30 minutes. The pie can also be wrapped airtight and frozen for up to 2 months. Glaze and sugar it before you put it in the over and add at least 15 minutes to the baking time).
• Brush the top crust with the egg wash, then sprinkle the crust with a little sugar, just to give it sparkle.
• Bake the pie for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 F, and bake the pie for another 30 minutes or so (total baking time is about an hour) or until the crust is a beautiful golden brown and the filling is bubbling up through the slits. If the crust seems to be browning too quickly, make a loose foil tent for the pie.
• Transfer the pie to a rack and let it cool and settle for at least 30 minutes before serving.

DOUBLE BERRY PIE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 450°F.2. Follow package directions for bringing pie crust to room temperature in the microwave. 3. Place pie crust on a nonstick baking sheet. Using a fork, pierce the pie crust in several places to prevent puffing and bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly golden.4. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 tsp cinnamon with 1 tablespoon sugar and set aside.5. Meanwhile, place cherries and liquid, blueberries, 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat. Gently stir with a rubber spatula until cornstarch completely dissolves. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Continue to boil 1-2 minutes or until thickened, scraping bottom and sides of skillet. Remove from heat and stir in extract. 6. Remove pie crust, coat with cooking spray, and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Place crust on top of fruit in skillet to serve.EXCHANGES2 Carbohydrate1 FatNUTRITION FACTSCalories 177 Calories from Fat 52Total Fat 6g Saturated Fat 2gCholesterol 4mgSodium 83mgTotal Carbohydrate 31g Dietary Fiber 1g Sugars 16gProtein 1g

CONTEST-WINNING FRESH BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. On a floured surface, roll dough to fit a 9-in. pie plate. Trim and flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Line crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights. Bake on a lower oven rack until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., In a saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and water until smooth. Add 3 cups blueberries. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly., Remove from the heat. Add butter, lemon juice and remaining berries; stir until butter is melted. Cool. Pour into crust. Refrigerate until serving.

DOUBLE BERRY-MANGO ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Scoop 1 pint mango sorbet into cookie crust and let soften a little more while you prepare the berry filling.
• Cut frozen berries in syrup into thin slices. Place 1/2 in a bowl and mix with a handheld mixer until well broken up. Add remaining frozen berries and mix briefly until combined but still chunky. Mix with strawberry ice cream.
• Spread softened sorbet over the bottom of the crust. Top with berry-strawberry ice cream mixture. Scoop on remaining pint of mango sorbet; spread to the edges of the pie and swirl the top decoratively. Cover and freeze for 6 hours (or up to 1 week).
• Cut long strips of orange peel with a citrus peel stripper, pressing firmly against the orange and turning the fruit slowly. Use a straight pin to pin one end of each strip to a drinking straw; wind tightly around the straw, then fasten the other end to the straw with another pin. Put straws in a shallow container, cover with water and ice cubes, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours (or up to 3 days).
• Remove pie from the freezer 30 minutes before serving. Remove orange peels from the refrigerator; drain and pat dry. Unpin curls and dispose of pins, then slide off the straws.
• To serve, arrange orange curls on pie, snipping to make them shorter if you wish, with raspberries, strawberries, sprinkles, and mint.