Fried Blackberry Pies Food

BLACKBERRY HAND PIES

Steps:

• Pie crust:
• In a food processor, blend together flours, sugar, and salt. Add chilled butter and shortening and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle water over flour mixture and pulse until dough forms moist clumps. Gather dough together and divide into 2 equal rounds. Flatten dough into disks and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for about 45 minutes.
• Blackberry Filling:
• Combine flour, sugar, blackberries and almond extract and stir gently until evenly coated.
• Preparation:
• Working with 1 round at a time, roll dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut circles, approximately 5-inches in diameter using a plate or bowl as a guide. You should have a total of 8 circles. Spoon about 1/2 cup of blackberry filling into the center of each circle. Carefully fold circle over to form a half moon shape. Using a fork, dipped lightly in flour, press tines along the open edge to seal. Transfer hand pies to a parchment paper lined sheet pan and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until needed.
• For serving:
• Preheat gas or charcoal grill to medium indirect heat. Brush hand pies lightly with egg yolk and sprinkle generously with sugar. Transfer hand pies to double-lined, heavy duty foil sprayed with nonstick spray and place on grill. Close lid and grill, rotating after 20 minutes, until crust is golden brown, about 40 to 50 minutes total.

BLACKBERRY HAND PIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Add the blackberries and granulated sugar to a medium saucepan and heat over medium. Cook the berries, mashing with a potato masher or the back of a spoon, until they start to break down and release their juices, about 2 minutes. Mix together the cornstarch and lemon juice in a small bowl. Add the cornstarch mixture and the lemon zest to the berries and stir until there are no more lumps. Continue to stir until the filling begins to thicken, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat, transfer to a bowl and let cool slightly.
• Roll one of the pie doughs out on a lightly floured surface until about 1/8-inch thick. Use a 5-inch round cookie cutter, or the rim of a bowl, to cut out as many rounds as you can. Repeat with remaining dough round, gather the dough scraps and reroll as necessary to get 8 rounds.
• Place 1 cube of cream cheese and 1 tablespoon of filling in the center of a dough round. Fold the dough over into a crescent and crimp the edge with a fork. Place on one of the lined baking sheets. Repeat with remaining pie dough rounds, cream cheese and filling. Whisk together the egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl. Brush all the filled pies with the egg wash, sprinkle with the raw sugar and cut small vents into the pies. (If you brush them after venting, the egg will cover the vent!) Bake until the pies are golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

#SUNDAYSUPPER - FRIED BLACKBERRY HAND PIES

Steps:

• Mix the blackberries and sugar together and let sit at room temperature, stirring up every 15 minutes for 45 minutes to macerate the berries.
• Unroll pie crusts and cut 6-inch circles.
• Add a heaping tablespoon of blackberries to half the pie circles.
• Brush the edge of each pie circle and then cover with another 6-inch pie circle.
• Pinch the edges together.
• Once you've made all the pies, set them in the fridge for 30-45 minutes.
• When they've chilled, preheat 2-3 inches of oil until it reaches 350 degrees.
• Add 1-2 pies at a time. Allow them to fry until golden brown and then flip over and do the same.
• Gently remove to paper towels to soak up excess oil.
• Serve after they've cooled.
• Store in the fridge for up to a week.

SMALL VERSION OF A GOOD THING (RECIPE: MINI FRIED BLACKBERRY PIES)

Steps:

• For filling:
• Add blackberries, 1 tablespoon water, sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest to a small saucepan. Bring to a medium boil. Cook for 5 minutes. Mash the berries. Mix cornstarch with remaining two tablespoons of water. Slowly add half the cornstarch mixture to the berries, stir constantly and return to a boil. If the berry mixture doesn't thicken after it's brought to a boil, add remaining cornstarch mixture stirring constantly until the mixture boils. Remove from heat and let cool. The filling may be made ahead and kept in the refrigerator.
• For crust:
• Place pie crusts on a floured surface. Cut with a 3 inch biscuit cutter. Place a teaspoon of filling in the center of each circle. Fold over and crimp edges. Flip the little pie over and crimp the other side. This keeps the pie from coming apart while it's frying. As you crimp, you'll lose some of your filling. I haven't found a way around that. Just eat all the filling that comes out of the crust.
• Drop the little pies in a pot with at least two inches of hot oil. Only fry a few at once. If the pot gets too crowded, bad things might happen like your pies sticking to the pot. This size pie only needs to cook for about 30 seconds per side. So, don't leave your station. As soon as they are brown on one side, flip them and brown the other side. Remove from the hot oil and drain.
• For icing:
• Mix until sugar dissolves. Drizzle over cooled pies.

LISA'S FRIED PIES

Steps:

• 1. Sift flour and salt together. Cut in the shortening.
• 2. Add water and mix with fork. Roll out to about 1/8 inch thick on a floured board.
• 3. Cut with a large cookie cutter (4 inches in a diameter). In each round, place 1 heaping tablespoon fruit filling.
• 4. Moisten edges with cold water, fold and press edge with a fork.
• 5. Heat oil in deep fryer, fry pies, a few at a time, 2 to 3 minutes on each side; cook until golden brown.
• 6. Drain on paper towels. Drizzle glaze over fried pies while warm.

BLUEBERRY AND BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Place one portion of pie crust in pie pan.
• Place blackberries and blueberries in large bowl.
• Add sugar, cinnamon and flour and mix.
• Pour into pie crust and dot with butter.
• Add remaining pie crust to top (I sometimes lattice this.).
• Cook at 350 degrees 45 minutes until brown and bubbling.
• Top with vanilla ice cream.

HOMEMADE FRIED PIES

Steps:

• COMBINE the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl.
• Cut the shortening into the dry ingredients.
• MIX the eggs and evaporated milk together in a separate bowl, then add to the shortening-flour mixture.
• Mix with a fork just until it holds together.
• Roll out rather thin, to about ⅛-inch thickness.
• Cut out rounds using a 7-inch saucer or circle as a pattern, rerolling the dough as needed.
• Put ½-cup fruit pie filling on one-half of the circle, leaving a bit of space clear around the edge. Be sure your filling is fairly thick and cold or it will run.
• Fold over the circle and seal the edges well.
• HEAT shortening in a deep pan to a depth of about 2 inches until very hot.
• Deep-fry the pies until golden brown on both sides, 2 minutes per side.
• Put onto a baking sheet or cooling rack to cool before serving.

BERRY BEST FRIED PIES

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and water; add berries. Cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes; set aside to cool. , Combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Combine oil and buttermilk; stir into dry ingredients until mixture forms a ball. Roll on a floured surface to 1/8-in. thickness; cut into 4-1/2 in. circles. Place 1 tablespoon blueberry filling on each circle. Fold over; seal edges with fork. , In a skillet over medium heat, fry pies in 1/4 to 1/2 in. hot oil until golden brown, about 1-1/2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels.

FRIED BLACKBERRY PIES

Steps:

• For dough:
• Whisk flour, sugar, and salt in medium bowl. Add shortening. Using fingertips, blend until coarse meal forms. Add 6 tablespoons ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until moist clumps form and adding more water by tablespoonfuls if dry. Gather into ball; form into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill 2 hours.
• Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 14-inch round. Using 6- to 7-inch round plate as guide, cut out 2 rounds. Gather remaining dough into ball. Roll out dough and cut out more rounds, gathering scraps and rerolling as needed for total of 6 rounds. Transfer rounds to rimmed baking sheet, layering between sheets of waxed paper. Cover and chill 1 hour. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
• For filling:
• Mix berries, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt in large bowl. Let stand 5 minutes; stir again.
• Place 1 dough round on lightly floured surface. Brush with egg glaze. Spoon 1/2 cup berry mixture into center; fold sides of crust over filling, pinching tightly to seal. Repeat with remaining dough rounds and filling.
• Add enough oil to heavy large saucepan to reach depth of 2 1/2 inches. Attach deep-fry thermometer. Heat oil to 330°F to 340°F. Cook pies, 2 at a time, until deep golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Dust with powdered sugar. Serve warm with ice cream.Adapted from Lamberts Downtown Barbecue