It's been a couple weeks since my last Tuesday's with Dorie post and I am super sad that I missed some good ones. We had back to back weddings and are getting ready for our big trip to Europe in a couple weeks so I've been slacking on baking. :(
But this week, I was able to get the recipe made and man was it delish! Thanks to Amy of South in your Mouth for choosing a winner.
Fiscal issues pushed me to use raspberries and blueberries. Using blueberries alone would have cost me over $15 just for the fruit! So I used about 2/3 raspberries and 1/3 blueberries and it tasted amazing. I think next time I'll cut the sugar down just a bit and add in a touch more flour since the raspberries give off more juice than the little blue guys.
I had some issues with the pie crust. This was my first homemade one! The bottom one was soft and wiggly after being rolled and I could not get it into the pie plate without it crumpling up into a ball. After about 10 attempts, I recruited hubs to help. I rolled the crust on parchment and we four-handed flipped the dough onto the pie plate. SUCCESS! So glad the hubs was around to help. The top crust was fine as it was in the fridge after being rolled and I learned that next time, I'll just chill both crusts post rolling in order to make them behave better.
Oh, one other crust-related issue. I created the most beautiful pinched top crust and it all fell off in the oven. I guess it was too heavy? The part that didn't fall off was burnt to all heaven so I used a sharp knife and cut it off. No one was the wiser. :D
Bottom line: DELISH! Another winner from Dorie.
25 comments:
Your pie looks delicious! :)
Chilling the crusts definitely helps a lot. Adding raspberries sounds amazing.
It sure looks like it turned out great. The key to pie crust is chill, chill, chill, and do not over-handle. You want pieces of butter throughout - you should be able to see them. If you start having trouble rolling out the crust, stop and refrigerate it, or freeze it for a few minutes. Those raspberries in there sound darn good.
Sorry about your crust, but your pie still looks great!
Looks terrific! Despite chilling, my top crust 'melted' too--I suspect it has something to do with the extraordinary amount of fat in the dough, coupled with a hot kitchen. But yours looks great. I laugh because raspberries are FAR more expensive than blueberries where I live!
Your pie looks delicious!
Your pie looks amazing... even if you had a struggle with getting the pie dough into the pie plate... it can be tricky, I always fold my pie dough in half and then in half again and then transport it to the pie dish and unfold it.
It looks beautiful...your first one, wow...you did a great job. Chilling the dough is key for handling it, I chilled it before rolling and then again after I had it fitted into the pie plate, so you might try that next time...and there should be a next time because you did a fine job of the first one!
Your pie looks awesome! Great job.
First of all...have a great trip to Europe!! I agree that the chilling is definitely key in keeping these crusts easy to work with. Nicely done!
ooo.. raspberries.. even better! That berrie pie sounds delicious.
looks great! Glad it worked out for you. The rasberry blueberry combo sounds tasty.
Darn pricey blueberries. The berry combo sounds yummy. I'll have to go that route sometime.
Yum, the raspberries sound like a perfect addition! Great job!
I love it when I can recruit my squeeze to assist in the kitchen, nothing like a man dusted in flour! ;-)
Raspberries and blueberries - great combination. Your pie looks soo good! I also had issues with the pie crust.
wow you did fabulously...!! i love it. my crust was not friendly either..hehe. i used frozen TJ's blueberries, love them. a bag for like $3.00!
Nice pie! I find it surprising that raspberries are less expensive than blueberries - here a pint of blueberries is $1.99, whereas 1/2 pint of raspberries is $3.99!
Yum. I love a mixed berry pie even more than blueberry alone. Great choice.
Your pie looks great--the raspberry blueberry combo sounds fantastic!
Very, very pretty!
You have mastered the most important skill in cooking; trim off the burned bits and emerge from the kitchen like a star!
It is just about teatime and this would have been so delicious!
That's one fine looking pie!
Good work! I'd never have guessed about the burned/falling-off crusts -- good save!
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