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Service-berry Pie

A pie made with serviceberries, gooseberries, and pie crusts, baked until golden.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Service-berry Pie

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Combine serviceberries and gooseberries in a pot.

  2. Add enough water to cover the berries.

  3. Stew the mixture until soft; no sugar is needed.

Assemble and bake

  1. Pour the berry mixture into a pie dish.

  2. Cover with the second pie crust and seal the edges.

  3. Bake until the crust is golden brown.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Service-berries
Provide the main fruit flavor and bulk of the filling.
Gooseberries
Add tartness that balances the sweetness of the berries.
Pie crusts
Enclose the filling and brown in the oven to form the crust.

“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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