Huckleberry-pie
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
Mix the huckleberries and sugar in a pan.
Fill and bake
Fill deep pie plates with the mixture.
Add ¼ teaspoon of coarse sea salt to each pie.
Cover the pies and bake until the crust is light brown.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Huckleberries
- Provide the main flavor and the juices that form the filling.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps draw juice out of the berries.
- Pie crust
- Holds the filling in and browns in the oven.
The step that matters
Bake until the crust is light brown. The filling must be hot enough for its fruit juices to bubble and thicken. Pulling the pies too early can leave a runny filling, while the crust browns as the sugars caramelise.
“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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