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Triple Berry Crumble Pie

April 30, 2021 By Ashley Leave a Comment

One of the awesome things about this triple berry crumble pie is that you can make it any time of year. This pie is perfect with either fresh or frozen berries, or a combination of the two. Juicy, sweet tart raspberries, blackberries and blueberries are baked until bubbly in my go-to all butter pie crust. Then, to give this pie a bit more crunch and some cinnamon flavor, I topped it with a cinnamon crumble. Sort of like cobbler vibes in pie form. The smell of this baking pie is out.of.this.world. My triple berry crumble pie is one of my favorite any time of the year pies, but is my absolute favorite to make when the berries are at peak ripeness in the summer, and are super affordable.

About the all butter pie crust

Prepare the pie crust first. The dough will need to have some time to chill before baking. I used my all time favorite all butter pie crust. It’s a total keeper. I use it ALL the time. With any pie, be sure to keep the dough lined pie pan chilled while working on the topping and filling. This ensures that the crust won’t shrink, but also makes sure the butter doesn’t just melt out of the crust when baking. You can refrigerate the lined pie plate for 30 minutes, or chill it in the freezer for 10 minutes before baking.

The crumble topping

While the pie crust is chilling, make the crumble topping. The crumble does benefit from some time in the fridge, but it’s not necessary. I like to make the crumble in advance so that it is ready to go when the filling is done.

Flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt are combined in the bowl of a food processor. Cold, cubed butter is added and pulsed until the mixture forms large clumps, and the mixture is no longer sandy. Refrigerate the crumble if it is made in advance.

Triple Berry Pie Filling

This filling. So, so good. Along with the berries, the filling includes brown sugar, granulated sugar, lemon juice and zest, tapioca flour, salt and (surprise) an apple. I learned this trick from Cook’s Illustrated. Adding in a shredded green apple helps to thicken up the filling due to the apple’s naturally high pectin content. I always put an apple in my berry pies. You can’t taste the apple as it takes on the flavor of the berries.

For the most concentrated flavor, and to help reduce the water content in the pie, I cook half of the berries and reduce the mixture by half. Once the berries are cooked down, set aside to cool just a bit. While the berries are cooling, place the remaining berries and ingredients into a large bowl. Peel, shred and wring out the apple, to remove any additional liquid, and add it to the bowl. Add in the cooked berries (they will still be hot) and stir completely. The filling should now be room temperature.

Assembling and baking

Pour the filling into the chilled pie crust. Sprinkle the crumble topping on top of the pie, breaking up really large pieces of crumble into smaller pieces. You want a variety of crumble sizes. It’s going to seem like a lot of crumble, but it’s totally fine once the pie is baked.

Bake the pie on a baking sheet. This helps to crisp up the bottom of the crust and also catch any overflow juices from the pie. It also helps you remove the pie out of the oven easier. The pie is baked at a higher temperature to start browning the crust and the topping, then the temperature is reduced to continue baking the filling, and to make sure the crust and crumble don’t brown too much. Bake until the pie is bubbly.

The pie filling will set up more as it cools. Let it cool completely for 3-4 hours before serving.

If you make this triple berry crumb pie, let me know! Drop a comment or tag me on Instagram. I love seeing your creations.

Enjoy!

Ash xx

For more pie recipes, check out these posts:

Brown Butter Stone Fruit Tart

Meyer Lemon Ginger Tart with Toasted Honey Meringue

Chai Spiced Apple Cranberry Pie

Honey Cardamom Peach Galletes

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Triple Berry Crumble Pie

An all butter pie crust filled with raspberries, blackberries and blueberries, topped with cinnamon crumble and cooked until browned and bubbly.

Prep Time30 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Course: Dessert

Servings: 9″ pie

Ingredients

Pie Crust

1/2 recipe All butter pie dough

Crumble Topping

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold, cut into cubes

Mixed Berry Filling

7 cups combination raspberries, blackberries and blueberries
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 ½ tablespoons tapoica flour, or ground tapioca
1 small granny smith apple
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
Zest and juice from half of a lemon

Instructions

Prepare the pie crust.

On a floured work surface, roll out the disc of chilled dough. Turn the dough about a quarter turn after every few rolls until you have a circle 12 inches in diameter.
Place the dough onto the pie dish. Ease the dough, without stretching, into the pie dish.
Fold and tuck the dough on the edges to create an outer ridge. Flute the edge, or crimp with a fork. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Prepare the crumble topping.

In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Pulse to combine.
Add the cold the butter to the flour mixture, and pulse until the mixture starts to form large crumbs. Place in the fridge to keep cold while preparing the berry filling.

Make the berry filling.

Preheat the oven to 400F and place a rimmed baking sheet, large enough to place the pie on and catch any juices, on the oven rack.
Place 3 1/2 cups berries in a large saucepan and set over medium heat. Use a potato masher to mash and break up the berries.
Cook the mixture, stirring occasionally until the mixture is thickened and reduced to 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 cups. Let cool slightly while preparing the remainder of the filling.
In a large bowl, combine both sugars, tapioca flour, salt, lemon juice, and remaining 3 1/2 cups of berries.
Peel and grate the apple on a box grater. Place the apple in a clean kitchen towel and wring out as much liquid as you can. Place the grated apple in the bowl with the uncooked berry/sugar mixture and mix to combine.
Add the cooked, and slightly cooled berries to the mixture and stir until well combined.
Pour the berry mixture into the chilled pie dough. Top the pie with the chilled crumble topping.
Place pie on the baking sheet and bake 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350F and continue to bake until the juices bubble, 30-35 minutes.
Place the pie on a wire rack cool to room temperature, about 3-4 hours, before serving.

Notes

Store the pie at room temperature or in the fridge for up to 2 days.

You can freeze baked and unbaked pies. They can be stored up to 3 months. Avoid freezing in glass pie plates and the glass can shatter when placed in a hot oven.

Blackberry Pie Bars

August 26, 2020 By Ashley Leave a Comment

Blackberries are easily the prettiest berry in my opinion, but strangely the most under utilized berry in my house. We don’t eat them enough, and it’s a shame because they’re so, so good. This past weekend when I was in the mood for a sweet treat, with blackberries on my mind, I made these blackberry pie bars. Ripe, juicy blackberries sit on top of a buttery shortbread style crust, topped with an almond crumb topping, and baked until golden brown and bubbly. Buttery, and crumbly, with a deep sweet tart blackberry flavor, these bars are super delicious and highly addictive.

The crust

The crust for the blackberry pie bars is similar to a shortbread crust. The flour, sugars, salt, lemon zest and butter are combined in the food processor to make a crumbly dough. The dough will stick together if you remove a handful of the mixture out and give it a light squeeze. That’s how you know your butter is cut in properly, and the dough can be pressed into the pan. Before pressing the dough into the pan, reserve a cup of the flour/butter mixture for the topping.

I like to use the bottom of a measuring cup to evenly press in my dough. Once it’s evenly distributed, I use an offset spatula to make it super neat and level. I can’t help myself, I like to make a pretty crust before baking. It’s just one of my baking quirks. The crust gets baked until it’s golden brown, then cooled before adding the blackberry filling.

The topping

Remember that cup of the flour mixture we reserved when making the crust? That is also being used as the topping. Add a little bit of spice by adding some cinnamon, then use your fingertips to work the mixture together a bit to form some larger clumps. You can toss in the toasted almonds at this point, or wait to just sprinkle on after sprinkling on the crumb topping.

The blackberry filling

While the crust is baked, and is cooling, make the blackberry filling. I like to macerate the berries for just a little bit while the crust cools so that the filling is a bit more jammy. I used fresh blackberries, but you can use frozen. Defrost and drain them before using. Cut the berries into halves, or quarters if they’re huge, toss them with a bit of sugar, and lemon juice and let them rest, stirring occasionally. When the crust has cooled, and is just warm, combine the cornstarch with the berries and pour onto the crust. Bake the bars until the blackberries are bubbling around the edges and the topping has baked to golden brown.

The blackberries create this thick and juicy deep purple jam when they bake. The crust is buttery, crumbly, and a bit caramel-y from the brown sugar. The blackberries make the crust around edges of the bars sticky and chewy from the juices seeping down the sides before setting up – easily my favorite part. So, so good. And that almond crumb topping just makes these bars. Buttery and crunchy, with a hint of spice, these bars are the perfect way to use up those summer blackberries.

For more summer treats, check out these posts:

Brown Butter Stone Fruit Tart

Strawberry Rose Buttermilk Cake

Honey Cardamom Peach Galettes

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Blackberry Pie Bars

Ripe, juicy blackberries are baked on top of a buttery shortbread style crust, topped with an almond crumb topping, until golden brown and bubbly.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Course: Dessert

Servings: 2x2 squares

Ingredients

Crust and Topping

2 ¼ cup (312g) all purpose flour
1/2 cup (100g) light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, cold, cut into cubes
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup (32g) sliced almonds, toasted

Blackberry Filling

2 1/2 cups fresh blackberries, halved
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
1 ½-2 tablespoons cornstarch, use the higher amount if the berries are really juicy

Instructions

Heat the oven to 375F. Line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, and lemon zest. Pulse to combine.
Add the butter cubes to the flour mixture. Pulse until the mixture starts to clump together but is still sandy.
Remove 1 cup of the mixture, and turn out the remaining mixture into the prepared pan.
Lightly press the dough evenly into the pan. Bake the crust for 20-25 minutes, or until light golden brown.
Add the cinnamon to the reserved 1 cup of the flour mixture and combine. Use the tips of your fingers to squeeze the dough together to make clumps for the topping. You don't want this part to be sandy.
Add the almonds (or you can wait to sprinkle them on at the before baking), and place the crumbs into the refrigerator to keep chilled.
Place the blackberries, lemon juice, and sugar in a medium bowl. Toss to combine. Let the blackberries sit and macerate while the crust cools.
When the crust is just warm, add the cornstarch to the blackberry mixture and mix until combined.
Pour the blackberry filling onto the crust.
Evenly sprinkle the crumbs and almonds on top of the blackberry filling.
Bake the bars for 35-45 minutes, until the blackberries and juices are bubbling around the edges and the topping is golden brown.
Allow the bars to cool completely before serving.

Roasted Peach Crisp Ice Cream

July 2, 2019 By Ashley 2 Comments

I’ve made an exciting change to my life that I’m super excited to share with you all. It’s been a couple months since I’ve posted last and I’ve been really bummed about it – it’s been crazy busy! In addition to blogging, baking and caking, I’ve been working with my husband on his growing business (which I love), and it’s really gotten me to reconsider where I want to take my business. So, I’ve decided to take on limited wedding cake clients and focus more blogging, and teaching baking and cake decorating. With that said, I’m stoked about this decision and I’m looking forward to seeing where this new journey takes me.

Now, let’s talk about this star of this show, er, blog post. Roasted peach crisp ice cream. Roasted and caramelized peaches and crunchy oat and pecan crisp swirled into creamy and decadent vanilla bean ice cream. All you love in a baked fruit crisp packed into a delicious and out of this world ice cream.

I mean, there’s nothing quite like homemade ice cream. It’s creamier, richer and more flavorful than the store-bought tub variety. So, it’s no surprise that when the weather started to get warmer, I instantly had homemade ice cream on the brain. I got a new ice cream machine for Christmas that I have been patiently waiting to use. And, with the abundance of seasonal, summer fruits at the farmers markets – including ripe, fragrant and juicy peaches, I knew that’s how I wanted to break in my new machine.

Using ripe peaches reduces the amount of sugar you need to add to your peaches before roasting, but they also just simply taste better by leaps and bounds. I tossed peeled, pitted and sliced peaches in some brown sugar, cinnamon and a pinch of salt and roasted them in the oven to bring out more of their natural sugars and deepen the peach flavor. When the peaches are caramelized, roasted and cooled, I chop them up into smaller pieces and pop them into the refrigerator.

The crunchy crisp topping is the same topping I use for my go-to fruit crisp recipe. I used toasted pecans for this recipe, mostly because it’s my favorite nut to bake with, but any nut will work here. Almonds would be amazing as they go really well peaches. Roasting the pecans deepens their flavor, keeps them crunchy and completely transforms them from meh to amazing. For optimal flavor, don’t skip toasting your pecans. Bake the crisp topping until golden brown, let it cool completely, then store in the refrigerator until the ice cream is churned and you’re ready to layer in the roasted peaches and the crisp topping.

The ice cream base I used for my roasted peach crisp ice cream is a standard custard, or French-style base made with egg yolks. My preferred dairy to use is heavy cream and whole milk. You can also just use half and half if you wish. I find that this is a good balance to create a silky, creamy ice cream without being too rich. You can definitely play around with dairy ratios, but keep in mind, the more fat you use, the smoother, creamier and richer it will be. Like the traditional style custard, I use egg yolks in my ice cream. Egg yolks prevent ice crystals, which allows the ice cream to last longer. Egg yolks also make for a richer tasting and textured ice cream due to it’s emulsifying qualities.

The mixture of sugar, eggs, milk and cream and salt are cooked until thickened, strained and allowed to cool a bit before adding extracts. I used both vanilla and vanilla bean paste for optimal vanilla flavor. Once room temperature, the mixture is set aside in the fridge to chill completely – 8 hours at the very least. You want your ice cream base to be super cold. I make my ice cream base 24 hours in advance before I need it. At this time, I also put my ice cream machine bowl in the freezer to freeze completely.

After I churn my ice cream and it resembles soft serve, I layer the ice cream, the peaches and the crisp topping into my preferred container (I used a 9×5 loaf pan here) and swirl to evenly mix. Pop the ice cream into the freezer to harden up a bit more before serving. I like to top my scoops of ice cream with extra crisp topping when serving.

Did I mention how warm my studio was when photographing my roasted peach crisp ice cream? But really, I sort of love all the little drips and melty pools of ice cream in the photos. Luckily, my roasted peach crisp ice cream was promptly eaten by guests I had coming over. And by promptly eaten, I mean essentially inhaled.

If you try my roasted peach crisp ice cream, let me know! Leave a comment in the comment area below and be sure to snap a photo and tag it #littlevintagebaking on Instagram. I love seeing your Little Vintage Baking creations!

For more fruity desserts, check out the recipe for my raspberry swirl cheesecake brownies or this Meyer lemon ginger tart with toasted honey meringue!

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Roasted Peach Crisp Ice Cream

Roasted and caramelized peaches and crunchy oat and pecan crisp swirled into creamy and decadent vanilla bean ice cream.

Course: Dessert

Keyword: Roasted Peach Crisp ice cream

Ingredients

Roasted Peaches:

2 cups fresh peaches, peeled and pitted, sliced I used 5 small/medium size peaches
2 tbsp light brown brown sugar
1/8 tsp fine sea salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Crisp Topping:

1/2 cup + 2 tbsp (80g) all purpose flour
1/4 cup (25g) old fashioned oats
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 cup (50g) light brown sugar
6 tbsp (85g) unsalted butter, cold and cut into chunks
1/4 cup (30g) pecans, chopped and toasted

Ice Cream Base:

1 1/2 cups (355ml heavy cream
1 1/2 cups (355ml) whole milk
1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
7 large egg yolks
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 tsp pure vanilla bean paste

Instructions

Make the ice cream base.

Set up an ice bath by placing a 2-quart bowl into a larger bowl that has been filled with ice water. Place a strainer over the smaller bowl and set aside.
Combine the milk, cream, sugar and salt into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat.
In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks until they have lightened in color.
Gradually pour some of the milk/cream mixture into the yolks, whisking constantly as you slowly pour. Scrape the mixture back into the saucepan.
Cook over low heat, stirring and scraping the pan constantly with a spatula, until the mixture is silky, thickens and reaches a temperature of 170-175F.
Strain the mixture into the bowl on the ice and stir the mixture over the ice until the mixture cools to room temperature.
Stir in the vanilla and vanilla bean. Cover and refrigerate the mixture for a minimum 8 hours, preferably overnight or 24 hours.

Make the roasted peaches.

Preheat the oven to 425F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper to keep the peaches from sticking.
Combine the peach slices, brown sugar salt and cinnamon into a medium size bowl and toss to coat.
Pour the peaches onto the sheet pan. Space them out into one even layer.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until softened, tender and caramelized. Flip the peaches halfway through cooking and rotate the sheet pan.
Let the peaches cool completely on the sheet pan. Once cool, chop the peaches into smaller pieces. Place in a container and store in the refrigerator until the ice cream is ready.

Make the crisp topping.

Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Pulse to combine. Add in the oats and the butter and pulse until the mixture comes together and forms large clumps.
Stir in the chopped pecans. Turn out the crisp onto the sheet pan and spread into an even layer.
Bake the crisp for 10-15, stirring halfway through, until deep golden brown.
Let the crisp cool completely then place into a container and store in the refrigerator until the ice cream is ready.

Freeze and compile the ice cream.

Freeze the custard in your ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. This should take 25-40 minutes. Your ice cream should be thick like soft-serve.
Once the ice cream is frozen, layer the ice cream, peaches and crisp into the container of your choosing. I used a 9x5 loaf pan. Use a knife to swirl in the peaches and crisp thoroughly.
Cover the ice cream with cling wrap. Place the ice cream back into the freezer to harden and remove a few minutes before serving. Serve your ice cream scoops with some additional crisp topping sprinkled on top. Enjoy!