saskatoon pie

Old fashioned saskatoon pie is a taste of the Canadian prairies. This flavourful berry makes for a most delicious pie; deep glorious purple, lightly sweet with a bit of tang, and that indescribable, complex flavour that comes from this unique berry. Use fresh saskatoons, frozen ones, or can the filling for winter time.

Old Fashioned Saskatoon Pie

pie dough

(1½lbs/680 gramsms) saskatoon berries, fresh

lemon juice

(100 gramsms) sugar (preferably natural evaporated cane sugar)

sweet rice flour cornstarch

almond extract or 1 teaspoon rosewater (optional)

optional, sugar

(60 gramsms) salted butter

(70 gramsms) sugar, (preferably natural evaporated cane sugar)

(70 gms) gluten free flour mix (or all purpose flour

(45 gramsms) small-flaked rolled oats (quick oats), (gluten free if necessary)

finely grated organic lemon zest cinnamon ((optional))

In a saucepan over medium heat, cook the saskatoon berries and the lemon juice (and water, if using frozen berries), stirring often, until the berries release some of their juices and shrink a bit, about 5 minutes. In a small bowl, stir together the sugar and the sweet rice flour or cornstarch until they are well combined. Dump these into the berries and bring them to a boil, stirring often. Once they boil, cook the pie filling until it is thickened,  about 30 seconds. Stir in the almond extract or rosewater, if you are using it. (If you used frozen berries, the filling may look quite thick at this point, but the berries will release more juice as the pie bakes.)

Remove the saskatoon pie filling from the heat and allow it to cool completely. At this point, the filling can be refrigerated for up to 5 days before being used in a pie. It can also be used as a cooked fruit pudding, to eat with yogurt, to top a cheesecake, or on pancakes.

For the Filling:

Preheat the oven to 425&deg;F (220&deg;C).

Roll out the pie pastry into two circles a little larger than your pie dish (one a little larger for the bottom crust).

Line your choice of pie plate with the bottom crust. Pour in the cooled saskatoon pie filling and smooth the top. Add a top crust or layer of streusel topping (recipe above, instructions below). If using the top crust; roll it out, lay it on top of the pie, press the edges together, then trim off the excess pastry. Crimp the edges and cut vent slits into the top of the pie. Brush the top of the pie with the cream and sprinkle it with the 2 teaspoons of sugar if desired.

Bake for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 350&deg;F (180&deg;C) and bake for another 40 to 45 minutes, until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbling up a bit through the vent holes. If the edges of the crust get too brown, cover them with strips of foil halfway through the baking time.

Eat warm or at room temperature. Saskatoon Pie is great with vanilla ice cream.

Cuts into 6 or 8 wedges.

To Make the Pie:

Place all the streusel ingredients in a bowl and cut them together with a pastry blender until they are well mixed and form pea-sized crumbs. You can also work them together with your hands or mix them with an electric mixer (do not overmix or the ingredients will bind to form a dough &ndash; which you&rsquo;ll have to crumble apart to make a streusel). Spread the streusel crumbs across the filling in a pie and bake as directed.

To Make the Optional Streusel Topping:

These Saskatoon Berry Butter Tarts are a delicious twist on a classic Canadian treat!  Also learn how to make Saskatoon pie filling and how to freeze these delicious berries!

Saskatoon Berry Butter Tarts

Saskatoon berries

water

tbsp sugar

tbsp corn starch (or flour)

eggs

butter

white sugar

vanilla

tbsp cream

raisins (seedless)

flour

tsp salt

shortening (lard)

In a saucepan, mix together the berries and water and simmer for 10 minutes over low-medium heat.

In a separate bowl, mix together the sugar and cornstarch.

Then add the sugar/flour mix to the berries and combine.

Simmer until the mixture slightly thickens.

Making the Saskatoon Berry Filling:

Then add the sugar, vanilla, cream, raisins and beaten eggs to the saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, and boil for 3 minutes.

Making the Butter Tart Filling:

With a pie cutter, cut in shortening until the particles are pea sized.

Sprinkle in water, 1 tsp or so at a time, mixing lightly with a fork. Don&#8217;t over mix or the crust will be tough.

Press into a ball. It is okay if it is crumbly. In fact crumbly makes for a tender, flaky crust!

Making the Pie Crust:

Using a rolling pin, roll out the pie dough to about an 1/8 of an inch thickness.

Using a 3 inch circle (like a drinking glass, or cookie cutter), cut out your tart shells, either 12 or 15.  I rework any extra dough to make more tarts.

Add a heaping tablespoon of the butter tart mixture into the shell, then add a tablespoon of the Saskatoon pie filling on top of the butter tart filling. Do NOT mix.

Bake for 18 &#8211; 20 minutes, or until the crust is slightly browned.

Let the tarts cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, then remove them onto a cooling rack.

Putting the Tarts together:

These are so good! 
I do wish it had more Saskatoon flavour.
I think next time I'll see if I can find dehydrated Saskatoons or maybe dehydrated blueberries instead of raisins.
I also used my mother-in-laws butter tart recipe, only 1 egg, brown sugar, half the amount of raisins. Worked great.

I used this recipe to make tarts of the blueberry and saskatoons my daycare kids picked. They loved it

Simple to make and super delicious.  I cheated and used store bought tart shells I had in the freezer.  I was worried they wouldn’t be deep enough to fit the Saskatoon filling and the butter tart filling in the right proportions but it was fine.  I have some saved for guests that are coming from Ontario.  They are going to love it

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