I'm making a pie, what should be in it?

Question

We have so many blackberries in the garden this year so I was thinking of having them in it.
What (apart from traditional apple) goes well with blackberries?

I had thaught of blackberry and pear, anyone tried this?

Answer 1

blackberry and blueberry pie sounds nice

Answer 2

Steps

1.Pick your berries, you can buy frozen and miss half the fun, but you will need about two and a half cups for a nine inch pie. Here in the Florida panhandle, every fence row and hiway right of way seems to be teeming with wild blackberries in late April through May.
2. Wash two and a half cups of fresh or frozen blackberries.
3. Put them in a heavy sauce pan with a cup and a half of sugar, and simmer until the juice and sugar melt together and reach a mild boil, about ten minutes.
4. Mix two tablespoonfulls of cornstarch in a quarter cup cold water until it is completely melted.
5. Stir the cornstarch mixture into the boiling blackberries, stirring constantly, and continue to cook at low heat until the filling thickens.
6. Spread a prepackaged or home made pie crust in a fairly deep nine inch pie pan.
7. Bake your pie crust about nine or ten minutes in a 325 degree oven, until lightly browned.
8. Remove the pie crust from the oven, and spoon the blackberry mixture into it, filling to about one fourth inch from the top.
9. Roll another pie crust over the top of the berry mixture, crimping the edges or scalloping them all the way around to form a seal.
10. Pierce the top crust with a fork, and sprinkle it with sugar.
11. Place the pie in an oven preheated to 365 degrees, on the middle shelf.
12. Turn the oven down to 325 degrees, and cook until the top crust is golden brown, about 25 minutes.
13. Remove from the oven, let cool for the filling to "set".


Tips

* Adjust sweetness by adding more or less sugar. Some blackberries are very tart, some are already fairly sweet.
* Strain the berries before adding the cornstarch if the tiny seeds are a problem. People with dentures sometimes have trouble with the tiny, stone like seeds.
* Add a tiny amount of water when you first begin to cook the berries if your berries are not juicy enough to allow the sugar to melt without scorching.
* How to make apple pie has a great recipe for pie crusts.
* Save some berries if you have extra for a cobbler or home made blackberry jelly!


Warnings

* Blackberry vines and bushes are also known as sticker bushes for a good reason. The tiny barbs can be painful, and are apt to break off if they pierce the skin.
* Rattlesnakes are known to frequent blackberry thickets, so be careful.
* Blackberries are an acidic fruit, so it is best to cook them in a stainless steel pot, not aluminum.


Things You'll Need

* Blackberries
* Sugar
* Water
* Cornstarch
* Prepared pie crusts
* Saucepan
* Pie pan
* fork
* Oven
* Measuring implements

Answer 3

Blackberry and rhubarb.

Blackberry and cherry is good, too.

I've never tried blackberry and pear. I'd think it'd go best if you had a lot of pear, just a little blackberry, which doesn't use up all those blackberries - but if you want to ship me a pie that's mostly blackberry, a little pear, I'd be willing to suffer and *test* your pie. (All in the name of science, you understand.)

Answer 4

Why not just the blackberries? They make an excellent pie on their own - or jam or cobbler. If I had easy access to blackberries, that's what I would make. I've never tried pears in pie, but it might work. When I only have a few blackberries, I use them with peaches.

Enjoy your berries.

Answer 5

Personally when it comes to cooking I believe you should try many different and wonderful things. This is how you find it if you like or not. Try Blackberry and Pear - you might love it you might hate it but then at least you know!

Answer 6

Blackberry and pear sounds good. If you have so many why not make just blackberry?

Blackberry also goes well with rubarb. Sounds od, but it works.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I love blackberry! Eat a piece for me lol!

Answer 9

I've had blackberry and pears crumble. It was delicious with cream..

Answer 10

Blackberry and pear is delicious or quince.