From cranberries to blueberries, to savory spinach and leek — WBUR readers sent in their favorite pies for our Pie Fest recipe roundup and there is a type of pie for whatever mood you might find yourself in. Have a hankering for a silky pie? Try Jessica Coughlin's Star of David Pie. Craving something with a more tart taste? Whip up Judith Chasin's Cape Cod Cranberry Pie.
Try out the recipes below and if you make one you're particularly proud of, share a photo with us on social media!
SWEET PIES
Marlborough Pie
From Paula Marcoux
A lemon-inflected rich apple custard, this once-popular, now-vanished pie is as quick to put together as it is delicious. Its extinction by the early years of the 20th century is a mystery.
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 4 ounces sugar
- 4 large apples, stewed and strained, or 1 cup fresh, tart applesauce
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 4 ounces butter, melted
- unbaked pastry shell
Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk the eggs until frothy, then whisk in all the other filling ingredients. Pour into pastry shell and bake for 50-65 minutes, depending on your pan choice and oven. The pie should be just set up and the palest golden brown. Cool on a rack and serve warm or cold.
Berry Cordial
From Melissa at Blackbird Baked Goods
Ingredients:
- 525 grams fresh berries: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries (frozen work just as well)
- 108 grams granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 20 grams corn starch
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 3 ounces dark chocolate (cut into small bits for easier melting)
Directions: Partially bake your base crust. [Perhaps try your hand at making one of the other contributors' homemade crust recipes!] In a double boiler, add the heavy cream and mix in the dark chocolate. Mix until the chocolate is fully melted and incorporated. Pour into parbaked crust to cool.
In a medium saucepan, combine berries, sugar and lemon juice over medium heat. Simmer the berries until very juicy. Be gentle to keep as many berries together as possible. Take out 1/4 cup of juice and discard. (It would be too much liquid if you left it in.) Take out another 1/4 cup of juice and whisk well with the corn starch to make a smooth slurry. Pour the corn starch slurry back into the saucepan until the berry mixture thickens to a usual pie filling consistency. Carefully, pour berries over the chocolate to maintain the layers. Top with your favorite crust design, then egg wash and sugar the top. Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. (Check after 20 to see if you need to cover it with foil.)
Star of David Pie
From Jessica Coughlin
Crust
Ingredients:
- 4 egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 cup sugar
Directions: Combine egg whites and cream of tartar. Beat well. Add sugar slowly, continue beating. Spoon into well-buttered, 9-inch pie plate. Bake at 300 degrees for one hour and cool completely.
Filling
Ingredients:
- 8 egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons zested lemon rind
- 6 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 pint heavy cream
Directions: Beat egg yolks and add sugar slowly. Add rind and juice. Place in top of double boiler and cook, beating continuously until thick. Cool completely.
When the crust is cold and filling cooled, beat whipping cream until thick. Place a layer of cream on the meringue crust. Fold the rest of the cream into the thickened lemon filling and refrigerate. The pie will be ready to serve in two hours.
Cape Cod Cranberry Pie
From Judith Chasin
Ingredients:
- 2 cups cranberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 eggs well beaten
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
Directions: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spread cranberries in the bottom of a well-greased 10-inch pie plate. Sprinkle half of the sugar and the walnuts on cranberries. Beat remaining sugar with eggs, add butter, flour and oil and pour over cranberries. Bake about an hour, until crust is golden brown.
Quadruple Berry Pie
From Kristi Perry
Ingredients:
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup white sugar (depending on level of desired sweetness and ripeness of berries)
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 4 to 4 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries (or 2 packages frozen berries, thawed and drained). Note: Chop the strawberries in half or quarters if large; use 4 cups if berries are large.
- 2 pre-made or handmade pastry dough for a 9-inch pan, double-crust pie
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix sugar, lemon zest, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon and then toss gently into berries. Line the pie dish with one of the rolled out pastry crusts. Pour the berry mixture into the crust. Cut butter into small pieces and dot around the berries. Cut the second pastry into 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide strips and make a lattice top and then crimp/flute the edges. Bake on the lower shelf of your oven for approximately 45-50 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown. Line rack below with foil to catch possible drippings.
Martha's Pies
From Martha Eddison Sieniewicz
Crust
Ingredients:
- 2 sticks unsalted butter (out of the fridge for 20 minutes)
- 2 and 5/8 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 handful sugar
Directions: With a pastry blender, cut together flour and butter until the lumps of butter are the size of lima beans. Add approximately 1/2 cup of very cold water. Cut together until the mixture starts to hang together in little "rags." (Beware of overmixing!) Ball up this miserable-looking mess rather roughly and chill for two hours in a big ziplock bag. (It also works to chill it overnight.)
After chilling, take out the dough and let it sit for 20 minutes before rolling into a miraculous crust. Remember: At this stage, visible smears of butter are not a sign of failure, but rather a thrilling promise of flakiness to come. This recipe will produce a full top and bottom crust — or a bottom crust and a lattice.
Fillings
Apple Pie:
- 5 big or 6 medium apples (I like Cortlands or Granny Smiths or a mix), peeled, cored and sliced
- 3/4 to 1 cup sugar (white, brown or a mix), according to your taste
- Handful of flour
- Cinnamon until it's the right taste/color
Directions: Pile the mixture in the lower crust and dot the top with little bits of butter (approximately 1.5 tablespoons total). Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. Check the pie and add more time (likely 5-7 minutes) until the fruit has just boiled over and the crust is nicely browned at the edges. Browner is better!
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie:
- 4 cups chopped rhubarb (if you have washed it, make sure you dry it before chopping)
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- A few drops of vanilla
- Several handfuls of flour
Directions: Mix the ingredients and pour into the pie shell. Dot the top of the mixture with little bits of butter (around 1.5 tablespoons total). Cover with the top crust. (This one is especially nice when it has cooled a bit but is still warm. Try adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream.)
Peach Pie:
- 5 big or 6 medium ripe peaches
- 3/4 to 1 cup sugar, according to your taste. (White, brown or a mix. I prefer dark brown.)
- Handful of flour
- 1/8 teaspoon of ground ginger (Not necessary if the peaches are perfectly ripe)
Directions: Put the peaches in a heat-proof bowl. Pour boiling water over them until they are covered. Let stand for 3-5 minutes and then drain the water. (You can cool the peaches down by adding some cold water at this point, or by just waiting a few minutes.) Use a sharp knife to make a slit in each peach; thanks to the boiling water, the skins should come off easily.
Slice the peaches just as you would apples, discarding the pits. Mix them in a bowl with the sugar, flour and ginger, and then pile them into your bottom crust. Dot the top of the peaches with little bits of butter (about 1.5 tablespoons total) and cover with a lattice crust. Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. Check the pie and add more time until the fruit has just boiled over and the crust is nicely browned at the edges.
SAVORY PIES
Spinach Pie (Gluten-Free)
From Robin Inman
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 16 oz. cottage cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
- pinch nutmeg
- 10-ounce box frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 red pepper, diced
Directions: Whisk together eggs; whisk in cottage cheese and spices. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bake in a greased pie plate at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.
Leek and Potato Pie
From Kate Marsh by way of Cindy Chabot
Ingredients
Vodka Pie Crust:
- 2 1/2 cups (12.5 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- cayenne pepper (optional)
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1/2 cup cold vegetable shortening, lard, or additional butter
- 1/4 cup cold vodka
- 1/4 cup cold water
Filling:
- 3 small potatoes (about 225 grams or 8 ounces) cut into small pieces
- 2 small leeks (if you double the recipe, 3 big leeks), wash and thinly slice white and green parts into rounds
- 60 ml (4 tablespoons) olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, diced
- 10 ml (2 teaspoons) each chopped fresh thyme and sage
- 30 ml (2 tablespoons) Basil pesto (or any saucy thing)
- 30 ml (2 tablespoons) capers in brine, drained
- 125 grams (4 ounces) Gruyere or cheddar cheese, grated
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Pie Crust: Process 1 1/2 cups flour and salt in a food processor until combined, about two one-second pulses. Add butter and shortening and process until homogeneous dough just starts to collect in uneven clumps, about 15 seconds (dough will resemble cottage cheese curds and there should be no uncoated flour).
Scrape dough off the sides of the bowl to redistribute evenly around the processor blade. Add remaining cup flour and pulse until mixture is evenly distributed around the bowl and mass of dough has been broken up, four to six quick pulses. Empty mixture into a medium bowl.
Sprinkle vodka and water over the mixture. Fold the dough and liquid together. Divide dough into two even balls and flatten each into a 4-inch disk. Wrap each in parchment paper then put in a plastic bag and refrigerate at least 45 minutes or up to two days.
Roll out pastry dough, place in pie plate, prick with a fork, support with parchment paper and tin foil, pre-bake for 12 minutes at 375F
Filling: Cook the potatoes (boil, roast or grill) until just tender.
Heat oil in a frying pan and add leeks until almost softened. Add garlic, herbs, salt and pepper and fry gently another 3-5 minutes, or until softened and lightly golden, remove from heat. Mix in potatoes and capers.
Spread the pesto on the pastry base, then top with the leek and potatoes mixture.
Scatter grated cheese on top. Bake the tart in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees until the cheese is melted and golden. Serve with a salad of your choice.
My Mother’s Canadian Pork Pie
From Helen Boudreau
Ingredients
Pie Crust:
- 1 cup Crisco or other solid, white vegetable shortening
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus some for rolling crust
- 1/4 cup Bisquick or Jiffy mix
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup very cold water, add as needed
Filling:
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Water
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- Approximately 3/4 cup dry mashed potato flakes
Directions: For the crust, stir salt into the flour, then cut in the shortening with a pastry blender or two table knives until mixture is coarse, with no lumps of shortening larger than a pea. Add water a few spoons at a time until the crust holds together in a ball. Set aside while you prepare the filling.
Put the pork in a 3-quart kettle. Break up with a spoon. Add dried onion, salt and pepper to taste and cover with water to a depth of approximately 3/4 to 1 inch above the meat. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently to break up any clumps until all pink color has disappeared and meat is cooked through. Add spices. Stir well to distribute seasoning. Gradually stir in mashed potato flakes until the mixture resembles slightly loose mashed potatoes. Adjust seasonings if you prefer a more heavily spiced pie. Remove from heat.
Roll one half of the crust to fit a 9-inch pie plate. Add filling. Roll remaining crust to cover. Seal and crimp edges in whatever style you like. I press the edges together with tines of a fork. Cut a few vents to allow steam to escape. Bake in the center of oven at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes, until crust is nicely browned.
Serve hot, or refrigerate and reheat on another day. The entire pie or individual slices freeze well. (I do not recommend heating in the microwave as it ruins the crust.)
This pie is a traditional French Canadian Christmas Eve treat. I make this pie often during the winter months, freezing to dole out as wanted or needed. A number of special friends have come to expect this pie each year as their Christmas or birthday gift.
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