Easy Homemade Mulberry Pie Recipe With Double Crust
How to make mulberry pie not watery is super easy when baked to perfection. Don’t let those mulberries go to waste  when you can make a simple filling with them! This easy mulberry pie recipe serves about 8 people.
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Ingredients:
- Pie crust – A store bought crust would work, however, I usually home make my flaky crust using this recipe and roll it with a rolling pin.
- Mulberries – I use wild fresh mulberries during mulberry season. Anywhere you can find mulberries works though.
- Sugar – provides sweetness
- Flour – for the crust
- Melted butter – helps crust stick together
How to make mulberry pie:
- Stir together all ingredients in a large mixing bowl except crust and butter for the mulberry filling
- Add butter on top of mulberry mixture
- Refrigerate pie-this allows the flavors to set. I think this step also makes the pie less watery. You can probably omit this step if you are really trying to save time though.
- Assemble crust – you can do a double upper crust, a lattice pattern, anything you want!
- Bake the delicious pie for about 40 minutes or until the filling starts to bubble up. When the pie cools, cut with a sharp knife and top with ice cream or whipped cream.Â
Variations:
- Add other fruits – Some people like to add strawberries to their mulberry pie. I have not tried that. If you want to half the mulberry amount and add in strawberries instead, let me know how it goes.
- Top of pie crust design – I used a double crust for this recipe, so the topping is also crust. If you wanted to make a different design on the top crust besides having it a typical double crust pie look, you can change the top design. If you really wanted to cut back on carbs you could omit the top crust all together. This might cut down on your cook time though. I would recommend watching it cook more closely if going that route.
FAQs
You need a very large pan for this recipe! Nothing is worse than mulberry pie filling overflowing the pie. A simple reused aluminum pan that came out of a store bought pie is not acceptable: it will overflow. It has to be a deep dish pan such as one for making quiche.
I always use the mulberries that have just turned that black/purple color. It is better to get them when they still have some red in between the bumps. This will ensure that they are not watery. A pie being watery also depends on the recipe too though, and I tried to make the recipe the least watery as possible. Do not use very under ripe berries in your pie. Under ripe colors include green, pink, and red.
I also always pick my own berries by hand. We have a tree in our yard so that makes things easy. I just fill a bucket and measure out the berries when I get in the house. If you do not have a mulberry tree and have to buy your berries, then you will have to sort out the very ripe ones from the not as ripe ones if there are different ripeness ones in the bag.
Keep the crust in the fridge until ready to use. Usually crust starts to dry out after a few days though.
The stems soften in the pie while it bakes so there is no need to hand pick off the stems like an apple. Even if you were to do this, it would probably deform the berry and leave your hands a very purple color. It is best to leave the stems on the mulberries.
Check out my other delicious pie recipes:
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Ingredients
- 1 pie pastry or double crust pastry
- 3 cups mulberries
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tbsp melted butter
Instructions
- Prepare bottom pie crust by patting it into a pie dish if not using a store-bought pie tin.
- Stir together, berries, sugar, and flour in a large bowl. Dump in pie dish with crust in it. Drizzle top with melted butter. Cover with top with full pie crust if you want to do a double crust. You can also lay strips across for a lattice top.
- Press a fork in the edges of the pie where the 2 pastries meet to crimp edges. Poke holes in top of crust for ventilation. Refrigerate for about 10-15 minutes.
- Cover the pie with aluminum foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 40-45 mins or until juice is coming out of holes and pie crust is brown. Let cool on wire rack. Serve your mulberry pie topped off with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Nutrition
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