Wild Blackberry Pie
This delicious vegan & gluten-free wild blackberry pie recipe is a great way to enjoy the abundance of fresh summer berries.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 6" Pie
- Category: Pie
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Dessert
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
Pie Crust:
- ¾ cup white rice flour
- ¼ cup cashew butter
- ¼ cup dark maple syrup
- 2 tsp lemon extract
- 1⁄8 tsp salt
Red Currant Filling:
- ¾ cup wild blackberries
- 3 tbsp dark maple syrup
- 2 tbsp tapioca starch
- juice of half a lemon
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/16 tsp salt (aka the tiniest pinch of salt)
Optional Topping
- a tsp of raw sugar crystals to sprinkle on top of the pie crust
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350F. Oil a 6″ pie plate (or baking dish of a similar size) and set aside.
- Process all pie crust ingredients in a food processor until combined into a dough. Gather the dough and form into a ball, kneading it lightly. Divide this dough in half, and roll each half into a ball. Take one of the balls and flatten it into a disk with your hands. Place into the prepared pie plate and press and shape it down into a pie shell with your hands, covering the base and sides of the dish with the dough. Set aside.
- Prepare the pie filling by mixing all ingredients together with a fork in a small bowl. Transfer this mixture into the prepared pie crust, and smooth it out into an even layer.
- Place the remaining half of the crust dough in between two sheets of parchment paper and roll it out roughly into an ⅛” thickness. Use this dough to decorate the top of the pie with a design of your choice (feel free to cut out shapes, strips*, hand shape bits of dough into a desired pattern, etc. -- I used a mixture of 1/2" strips to divide the pie into a cross and then fill in each quarter with smaller strips, as well as some hand shaped leaves and dots to create a flower pattern in the center). If you need to create more strips or cut up more shapes, gather up the remaining dough and roll it out again to create more strips. Once finished creating a design of your choise, fill in any gaps along the edges of the pie with some of the remaining dough. Then seal the edge all around with a fork.**
- Optional: sparingly sprinkle some raw sugar crystals over the pie crust strips (note try to get the sugar just on the dough as much as possible, as anything that falls into the filling will not be visible / palpable on the crust once the pie bakes).
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for approximately 45 minutes (until the edges are nice and golden and the filling bubbles and sets. Cool off on a wire rack, and enjoy!***
Notes
*I used this kind of pastry cutter which works well for straight or fluted edges. But a pizza cutter or a regular knife will do for straight cuts if you prefer.
**Note: you’ll likely have a tiny bit of dough remaining at this stage. I usually roll it out into 2-3 small cookies (roll into a ball, then flatten with a fork) and bake them for 7-9 mins along with the pie.
***Note: a hot pie will always be a little runny when sliced. The pie filling will firm up as it cools off completely.
Find it online: https://www.unconventionalbaker.com/wild-blackberry-pie/