Triple Berry Pie With 7UP Pie Crust
Friends and family will love this triple berry pie this winter season. The holidays are just around the corner and there are so many occasions to celebrate, and not just the big holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, there will be neighborhood parties and office shindigs all season long. With so many opportunities to celebrate with family and friends you need a go-to dessert for every gathering. Today I’m going to show you how to make a delicious triple berry pie made with blackberries, raspberries and blueberries, and a special ingredient in the crust.
Triple Berry Pie with 7UP Pie Crust
Have you ever heard of making a pie crust with 7UP? I know it sounds crazy but you can actually replace the sugar in pie crust with this lemon-lime soft drink. Today I’m going to share my recipe for triple berry pie using 7UP as the magic ingredient.
Guests will love this warm fall pie featuring blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. You can use fresh or frozen berries for this pie and you can further impress your guests with a fancy lattice crust with leaves made out of dough!
Ingredients for Triple Berry Pie
Triple Berry Pie Crust
- 1lb of lard
- 5 ½ cups of flour
- 12 oz. of 7UP
- 1 teaspoon of salt
Cut up lard with a pastry cutter. Cut in the remaining ingredients. Mix well and divide the dough into two pieces, then let chill in the fridge for an hour.
Triple Berry Pie Filling
- 5 cups of berries. I used a triple berry mix of raspberry, blueberry and blackberry.
- Juice of ½ a lemon
- Zest of ½ a lemon
- ½ cup of sugar
- ¼ cup of cornstarch
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Directions for triple berry pie:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
- Next, roll out your pie crusts and place one on the bottom of your pie pan.
- Spoon the filling into the pie pan
- Then, roll out the other crust and cut into 1 inch thick pieces.
- Weave the top crust pieces together like lattice.
- If you have any left-over dough you can cut it into the shape of leaves and use a knife to make the veins in the leaves.
- Finally, place pie in the oven on the bottom rack for 60 minutes. Let cool for several hours before serving.
Triple Berry Pie With 7UP Pie Crust
Recipe details
Ingredients
- Crust
- 1lb of lard
- 5 ½ cups of flour
- 12 oz. of 7UP
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- Filling
- 5 cups of berries. I used a triple berry mix of raspberry, blueberry and blackberry.
- Juice of ½ a lemon
- Zest of ½ a lemon
- ½ cup of sugar
- ¼ cup of cornstarch
Instructions
- Prepare the Crust
- 1. Cut up lard with a pastry cutter.
- 2. Cut in the remaining ingredients.
- 3. Mix well and divide the dough into two pieces, then let chill in the fridge for an hour.
- Assemble the Pie
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
- Roll out your pie crusts and place one on the bottom of your pie pan.
- Spoon the filling into the pie pan
- Roll out the other crust and cut into 1 inch thick pieces.
- Weave the top crust pieces together like lattice.
- If you have any left-over dough you can cut it into the shape of leaves and use a knife to make the veins in the leaves.
- Place pie in the oven on the bottom rack for 60 minutes. Let cool for several hours before serving.
Tips
- Let chill for 2 hours before serving
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