The best berry pie

There is goose egg to a greater extent than satisfying than when yous succeed alongside pie. Pie makes me happy. This pie is the quintessence of summertime alongside lots together with lots of raspberries , strawberries together with blueberries. Perfect to serve alongside a scoop , or ii , of vanilla H2O ice cream.

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The best berry pie

Pie crust
2 1/2 loving cup + 2 tbsp (375 g) all exercise flour
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1/4 tsp salt
200 g mutual frigidity butter , inwards cubes
5-7 tbsp H2O ice water
2 tsp lemon or lime juice
1 egg


Filling
1 kg (2.2 lbs) mixed berries (I used a mix of blueberries , raspberries together with strawberries) , preferably fresh
1/3 loving cup all exercise flour
1 tbsp cornstarch
a pinch of salt
3/4 loving cup + 2 tbsp (180 g) granulated sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla pulverisation (or 1 tsp vanilla sugar)
1/2 tsp dry reason cardamom (can live omitted)

Egg wash
1 egg
1 tbsp water
a pinch of salt

1/2 tbsp granulated carbohydrate , to sprinkle


Pie crust
Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
Mix flour , carbohydrate together with tabular array salt inwards a bowl. Add the butter together with mix until yous become fine crumbs. Add the H2O (begin alongside five tbsp together with add together an additional 1-2 tbsp if the dough feels dry out inwards the end) , juice together with egg together with mix until the dough but comes together. Wrap dough inwards plastic roll together with position inwards the refrigerator for at to the lowest degree thirty minutes.

Roll out close 2/3 of the dough on a lightly floured surface together with trouble the bottom of a 24 cm/9 inch pie pan alongside it. Do non cut the edges yet. Put the lined pan inwards the fridge. Roll out the balance of the dough together with cutting out long stripes for a lattice pattern.

Egg wash
Lightly musical rhythm out egg alongside H2O together with tabular array salt inwards a small-scale bowl.

Filling
Mix flour , cornstarch , tabular array salt , carbohydrate , vanilla together with cardamom inwards a bowl. Put berries inwards a large bowl , together with add together the flour mixture. Carefully plow berries berries alongside a large spoon thence they are covered alongside the flour mixture.
Pour berry mixture into the prepared lined pan together with summit alongside pie stripes. "Glue" pie stripes onto the pie crust using roughly egg wash. Trim edges together with exercise a fork to brand a pretty border , or but pinch edges together. Brush summit together with edges of the pie alongside egg wash. Sprinkle roughly granulated carbohydrate on top.
Bake for 10 minutes at 200°C , thence lower temperature to 175°C (350°F) together with bake for an additional 50-60 minutes (start checking later 30-40 minutes thence the edges don't brownish likewise much) until filling is bubbly together with fragrant. Turn off oven together with teach out inwards the oven for an additional thirty minutes to set. Leave to cool completely inwards room temperature earlier serving alongside lightly whipped cream or vanilla H2O ice cream.