In the fall and winter period, making pies with fresh berries can be quite costly. The fact is that strawberries, blueberries and other berries cost quite a lot of money in stores.
Therefore, you need to make up for lost time in summer, when you can get berries for free by growing them in your own vegetable garden. In addition to berries from the vegetable garden, there are forest fruits that also combine well in baking.
Berry pies are different from fruit pies
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They are not so sweet, at the same time quite tart.
In order to properly prepare a berry pie – you do not need to have sacred knowledge. We will share a recipe for a simple berry pie.
Ingredients for berry pie:
- Greek yogurt – 125 ml;
- vegetable oil – 125 ml;
- sugar – 125 ml;
- flour – 375 g;
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- leavening agent – tsp;
- vanilla sugar – tsp;
- lemon zest;
- salt – a pinch;
- berries – 100 g.
Preparation of berry pie:
The baking mold should be greased with vegetable oil – walls and bottom. The oily surface of the mold should be sprinkled with flour.
Pour vegetable oil into a bowl to Greek yogurt, mix. Pour granulated sugar, vanilla sugar and salt into the yogurt, beat the eggs.
Combine flour with baking powder, sift into the mixture of kefir and the rest of the ingredients. Add lemon zest to the dough, mix the ingredients until homogeneous.
Pour the dough into the prepared mold (diameter 24 cm), spread evenly on the bottom. Place the berries on the surface of the dough, bake the cake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
This berry pie can be prepared with frozen or live berries. It is recommended to decorate the pastry with powdered sugar or white chocolate shavings.
