Berry Pies
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick over and wash the berries.
Line a pie plate with pastry.
Fill and bake
Fill the plate with the berries.
Sprinkle with ½ cup of sugar, or more if the berries are very tart.
Cover with a crust.
Bake until golden.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Berries
- Provide the main filling, supplying moisture and fruity flavor as they cook.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and balances the acidity of tart berries.
- Pastry
- Forms the crust that holds the filling and browns in the oven.
The step that matters
Sprinkling the sugar. Tart berries need enough sugar to taste balanced. Sugar also draws juice out of the fruit, so the filling's sweetness and liquid both depend on this amount.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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