Huckleberry Pie
“Huckle picking was an outing,” recalls an Amish grandfather. “We’d get up early, pack our lunches, and go down to the Welsh Mountain. There had been a forest fire years before and huckleberry bushes grew up where the trees once stood.
“We would pick while the day was still cool. When it got hot we ate our lunches, picked some more, then took the berries home to can them. Often several of us families would go together.”
Huckleberries are a kind of wild blueberry. Blueberries may be used in this recipe; the sugar may be adjusted depending upon the tartness of the berries.
Ingrediënten
- 2¾ cups huckleberries
- ½ cup berry juice or 3 Tbsp. lemon juice with water added to make ½ cup liquid
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp. flour
- 1 9 ” unbaked pie shell and top crust
Instructies
- Stem and wash huckleberries.
- Spoon into pie shell.
- Mix juice, sugar, and flour together and pour over berries.
- Cover with top crust, folding under top edge of bottom crust.
- Bake at 425° for 10 minutes.
- Reduce temperature to 350° and bake 30 minutes more.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Makes 1 9” pie