Raspberry Ginger Pie for Pi 3.14 Day (or any day): Fresh red raspberries and fresh ginger; a berry-licious pie baked in a super flaky crust!
Author: Portlandia Pie Lady
Ingredients
Red Raspberry & Ginger Filling
4cupsfrozen or fresh red raspberries
3/4cuppure cane granulated sugar
3tablespoonsClearJel or Tapioca StarchClearJel is a modified corn starch that withstands high heat.
1-1/2tablespoonsfresh peeled and minced ginger root
dashofsalt
1tablespoonlemon juice
1tablespoonbutter
1eggplus 2 tablespoons water for egg wash on crust
Grandma's Pie Crust
2cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonsalt
1/8teaspoonbaking powder
2 tablespoonspure cane granulated sugar
1 cupshortening or butter (or 1/2 cup each)
1/2cupcold water
Instructions
Pie Crust
In a large bowl, stir all of the dry ingredients together.
Use a large serving fork or pastry cutter and cut in the shortening (or butter) until crumbly.
Add the cold water all at once and stir a few times, just until forms a ball (do not kneed or over mix).
Divide dough in half (this will be rather soft). Roll out one half on heavily floured counter top about 1 to 1-1/2 inches wider than pie plate. Roll up dough onto rolling pin and unroll onto pie plate. Cut off extra dough and set prepared bottom crust aside for filling.
Filling and Baking
Preheat oven to 375 F.
In a large bowl stir the raspberries, sugar, dash of salt, and starch together.
Add the minced ginger and lemon juice.
Place filling into prepared bottom crust. Wet the bottom edges with the egg wash. roll out the top crust, place on bottom, cut off extra dough and crimp with fork.
Roll out the left over dough onto parchment and freeze for 15 minutes to make the cutouts (This is when I clean up a bit after myself as I am a messy baker.)
Brush the top of the pie with egg wash, cut out your Pi 3.14 numbers and place on pie. Cut vents for steam to escape and sprinkle a little sugar on top.
If using frozen berries, bake for 60 minutes (you may need to cover pie loosely with foil the last 15 minutes). If using fresh berries, bake for 45 minutes.