1 cup blackberries
2 teaspoons ginger
2 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 lemon (the juice from)
1 recipe of pie dough
1 tablespoon milk
1 egg yolk
toss in the fridge while you prepare your fruit.
cut the pears into bite size pieces and collect them in a large bowl. add your cornstarch, ginger (i used dried but fresh would be amazing!), and sugar. toss to coat. gently add the blackberries to the mix. drizzle with lemon juice.
pour your berry mix into your dough covered plate and decide on a top.
preheat oven to 400f.
(at this point, i put the pie back into the fridge because i cut out dozens of little flowers)
roll out the second disc of dough and top your pie. trim the edges and be certain to vent.
mix an egg yolk with a tablespoon of milk and brush your pie top. sprinkle with sugar if you like.
bake for an hour or until the crust deliciously golden and your berries are starting to sing.
cool and enjoy!
notes:
-don't use pears that are so unripe that you need to apply extra pressure to the knife when cutting. this will only result in pears that require extra pressure when eating- not a pleasant experience.
-frozen blackberries or raspberries or even blueberries would be lovely.
-this crust was an all butter crust and it was actually flaky AND tasty.
so mission pie: accepted, accomplished. what's next j.?
