Mulberry Spice Pie Food

MULBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix berries with sugar and flour. Place mixture into bottom pie crust. Dot with butter and then cover with top pie crust. Crimp edges, cut slits in upper crust, and brush with milk. Let pie rest in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Bake pie in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Remove pie from oven and let sit on wire rack until cool.

MULBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Combine mulberries and rhubarb in a medium bowl.
• Combine sugar and flour in a separate bowl.
• Sprinkle about 1/3 of the flour mixture into the bottom of a pastry lined 9-inch pie pan.
• Pour mulberries and rhubarb into the pie pan and add remaining flour mixture.
• Dot with butter.
• Place top crust, cut steam vents, and flute edges.
• Bake at 425°F for 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is browned and juice is bubbling out of steam vents.

MULBERRY SPICE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
• Lay bottom pie crust in pie plate.
• Mix mulberries, sugar, flour, nutmeg, allspice, and salt together in a bowl; gently fold mixture with a wooden spoon until blended, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour mixture into bottom pie crust and cover with top crust. Seal the edges; make slits in the top with a sharp knife.
• Refrigerate pie until sealed edges appear firm, 10 to 20 minutes.
• Bake pie in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking until crust is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

SPICED MULBERRY JAM

Steps:

• The original recipe doesn't call for it but I also added 1/2 tsp of fresh nutmeg.
• Wash and stem mulberries.
• Cover mulberries with cold, salted water. Use 1/4c salt to 1 qt water. Let stand 5 minutes. Drain and rinse with fresh water 3 times.
• Crush berries. Add sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon (& nutmeg if using). Cook slowly, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly to prevent scorching, until jelling point is reached (220 degrees, I'm not sure what it is for high alt.) Remove from heat and skim foam. Ladle into hot jars. Seal and process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
• It's a hassel stemming the barries but it is well worth the work.

MULBERRY PEACH PIE

Steps:

• Combine berries, peaches, sugar, cinnamon flour, lemon juice and salt in a large bowl.
• Line pie pan with pastry, add filling, dot with butter and cover with top crust.
• Bake in a very hot oven(450 F.) for 10 minutes; reduce heat to moderate(350 F.) and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until berries are tender. (9 inch pie pan).

MULBERRY RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Combine mulberries and rhubarb in a bowl.
• I another bowl combine sugar, flour, and salt.
• Sprinkle about 1/3 of flour mixture on bottom of pastry lined 9-inch pie pan.
• Turn mulberry mixture into pie pan.
• Add remaining sugar mixture on top.
• Dot with butter.
• Adjust top crust; cut steam vents; flute adges.
• Bake in hot oven, with pan underneth to catch spills, at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is browned and juices bubble in vents.

MULBERRY CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425.
• Run the mulberries through a food mill to remove stems and seeds. This should make about 1-2 cups of liquid.
• In a bowl, mix flour and sugar.
• Slowly stir in evaporated milk until smooth.
• Whisk in eggs and vanilla until blended.
• fold in 1 cup of the mulberry liquid.
• Slice the bananas into thin rounds to cover the bottom of the pie.
• pour custard mixture over top. Bananas will float to the surface.
• Bake @ 425 for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350 and bake for an additional 45 minutes or until custard has set. Let cool completely before cutting.
• Optimally served cold, topped with fresh whipped cream.