Saskatoon Pie Recipes

OLD FASHIONED, TRADITIONAL SASKATOON PIE

Steps:

• Gently toss together your Saskatoons, sugar and cornstarch/crushed Tapioca, until the berries are coated.
• Place your bottom crust into the pie plate.
• Pour your berries into the pie plate.
• Add butter on top if desired.
• Cover with your crust.
• Brush your pie crust with the egg then sprinkle the sugar on top.
• Pinch the seams together and mark your pie vents as you like.
• Using the lowest rack of your oven, bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees, then lower the temperature to 350 degrees and bake for about 50-55 minutes more.
• When your pie edges start to become too brown - and they always will- cover the edges with tinfoil or use a pie crust cover. I have one and they are amazing!
• Continue baking until you see the pie filling bubbling and your pie is beautifully browned all over the top.
• Remove from the oven and cool on a baking rack.

CANADIAN SASKATOON PIE

Steps:

• Bring saskatoon berries and water to a simmer; cook for 15 minutes. Drain any excess water; set aside to cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk 1/2 cup sugar and tapioca together in a bowl. Stir tapioca mixture and lemon juice into berries.
• Line a 9-inch pie plate with a single crust; pour berry mixture into crust. Dot berries with butter. Place top crust over berries; crimp edges of pie together tightly. Brush top of pie with egg white.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove pie from oven, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar, and return to the oven until pie is golden and filling is bubbly, about 10 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED SASKATOON PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, cook the saskatoon berries and the lemon juice (and water, if using frozen berries), stirring often, until the berries release some of their juices and shrink a bit, about 5 minutes. In a small bowl, stir together the sugar and the sweet rice flour or cornstarch until they are well combined. Dump these into the berries and bring them to a boil, stirring often. Once they boil, cook the pie filling until it is thickened, about 30 seconds. Stir in the almond extract or rosewater, if you are using it. (If you used frozen berries, the filling may look quite thick at this point, but the berries will release more juice as the pie bakes.)
• Remove the saskatoon pie filling from the heat and allow it to cool completely. At this point, the filling can be refrigerated for up to 5 days before being used in a pie. It can also be used as a cooked fruit pudding, to eat with yogurt, to top a cheesecake, or on pancakes.
• Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).
• Roll out the pie pastry into two circles a little larger than your pie dish (one a little larger for the bottom crust).
• Line your choice of pie plate with the bottom crust. Pour in the cooled saskatoon pie filling and smooth the top. Add a top crust or layer of streusel topping (recipe above, instructions below). If using the top crust; roll it out, lay it on top of the pie, press the edges together, then trim off the excess pastry. Crimp the edges and cut vent slits into the top of the pie. Brush the top of the pie with the cream and sprinkle it with the 2 teaspoons of sugar if desired.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 350°F (180°C) and bake for another 40 to 45 minutes, until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbling up a bit through the vent holes. If the edges of the crust get too brown, cover them with strips of foil halfway through the baking time.
• Eat warm or at room temperature. Saskatoon Pie is great with vanilla ice cream.
• Cuts into 6 or 8 wedges.
• Place all the streusel ingredients in a bowl and cut them together with a pastry blender until they are well mixed and form pea-sized crumbs. You can also work them together with your hands or mix them with an electric mixer (do not overmix or the ingredients will bind to form a dough - which you'll have to crumble apart to make a streusel). Spread the streusel crumbs across the filling in a pie and bake as directed.

SASKATOON PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, simmer saskatoon berries in water for 10 minutes.
• Add lemon juice.
• Stir in granulated sugar mixed with flour.
• Pour into pastry lined pie plate.
• Dot with butter.
• Cover with top crust; seal and flute edges.
• Make slits in the pie crust for air vents.
• Bake in 425F oven for 15 minutes; reduce heat to 350F oven and bake 35-45 minutes longer or until golden brown.