pie

my mom was in town for her birthday so i baked her a pie. she wanted multi-berry pie, and frozen berries were on sale at the supermarket, so i used raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. i also bought cherries but didn't use them, so i guess i've got another pie to cook.

i got my friend's mother-in-law's lard and butter-free pie crust recipe awhile back and i haven't used anything since. (of course, she uses white flour and vegetable oil and i use whole wheat and olive.) the key, i think, is to roll out the dough between wax or parchment paper, otherwise the dough gets too dry.

here it is:

1 3/4 c whole wheat pastry flour (plus more if needed)

1 scant teaspoon sea salt

1/2 c olive oil

3 T ice water

mix, form into a ball, break in half, roll out 1/2 between wax paper, take off top sheet of paper, put pie plate over, and flip it, make sure it's all in, and then remove the other piece of wax paper and trim the edges. roll out the other half of dough so it's ready when you need it.

in the same bowl (so you do less dishes) combine 2/3 c each of:

raspberries

blueberries

blackberries

strawberries

i use frozen berries, and i don't thaw them out.

mix with 2 T cornstarch and 5 T sugar. (the berries kind of have a powdery coating.)

pour mixture into the pie plate. take one sheet of the wax paper off, and really quickly and as smoothly as possible invert it on top of the pie. press into the edges before removing wax paper, then trim and press the edges in.

bake in a 350 oven for about 40 minutes or until edges start to brown and the pie's definitely done its bubbling thing.

oh, and the pictures are of the half blueberry half strawberry pie i made. these pictures are sad because the fruit flies got to that pie before i was finished eating it!

i'm going to make a cherry pie soon.