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A dark purple huckleberry-merlot pie with a decorative woven crust is on a white plate.

Rebecca Freeman’s Huckleberry-Merlot Pie


  • Author: Rebecca Freeman
  • Yield: Makes a 9-inch pie 1x

Ingredients

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For the Pie Filling:

  • 4 generous cups frozen huckleberries
  • 1 tablespoon plus ½ teaspoon tapioca starch
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup Decoy Merlot, or other merlot wine
  • 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • ½ tsp ground allspice
  • 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
  • Pinch salt

For the Pie Crust:

  • 3½ cups (450 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 cup butter, chilled and cubed
  • ½ cup ice water

 


Instructions

For the Pie Filling:

  1. In a large saucepan, combine the ingredients. On low heat, bring mixture to a simmer. The mixture should be thick and glossy.
  2. Remove from heat and cool completely. Reserve.

For the Pie Crust:

  1. Combine flour, sugar, salt, and butter in a food processor, pulsing a few times. Once butter is pea-sized, slowly incorporate the ice water. Pulse until a dough ball forms. Pat dough out into 2 fat disks and wrap in plastic. Chill for one hour.
  2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  3. Roll out one dough disk on a floured surface into a round about an inch larger than a 9-inch pie plate. Arrange the crust in the pie plate, avoiding stretching it.
  4. Spoon in cooled huckleberry filling.
  5. Roll out the second crust and cut it into lattice or other decorative pattern.
  6. Bake for 45-60 minutes, until crust is golden. Cool completely before cutting.