Blackberry Pie

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    one

    9 inch Pie
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented

By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

Published 2010

  • About

At the age of twelve, when I consumed one hearty pint, about a week’s worth, of blackberries in twenty minutes, I was completely unaware that berries, like all food, had a distinct point of origin. I just assumed that food came from a grocery store, that it was plentiful, and that it was universal. It was a revelation when I went to my first pick-your-own farm and I saw actual fruit on bushes and trees. It was also a revelation when I asked for the blackberry section of the farm and was tol