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Mixed berry pie or American flag pie with stars and stripes.
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Mixed Berry Pie | Easy Fruit Pie

Mixed Berry Pie is a delightful summer dessert made from fresh, ripe, and juicy strawberries and blueberries in a homemade buttery, flaky golden pie crust. This patriotic-themed American flag pie dessert is one of the best treats for the 4th of July, along with the famous layered red, white, and blue strawberry blueberry panna cotta
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Desserts
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 8
Calories: 505kcal
Author: Kushi

Equipment

  • Pizza and cookie cutter
  • Pie pan
  • Bowls

Ingredients

For Homemade Pie Crust Dough (You can even use store-bought pie dough)

  • 3 cups All purpose flour
  • 2 sticks Butter Cold, cubed ( 1 cup) (use vegan butter for vegan version)
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 4 teaspoon Sugar
  • ½ cup to ¾ cup Water , Ice cold, divided (use only as needed)

For the Blueberry Pie Filling

  • ¾ cup Blueberries
  • ½ tablespoon Corn Starch
  • 2 tablespoon Sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract

For Strawberry Pie Filling

  • 1 pound Strawberry chopped
  • 2 tablespoon Corn starch
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • Salt , a pinch

Other Ingredients

  • 1 large Egg for egg wash (for eggless version you can brush with cream or whole milk or non dairy milk or simply water)
  • 3 to 4 tablespoon Sugar , to sprinkle on top

Instructions

Prepare the buttery, flaky pie crust. If using store-bought dough, ignore this section

  • In a large bowl, add flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in the butter pieces using a fork or pastry cutter until the butter is evenly distributed. Small speckles or pieces of butter combined with flour, sugar, and salt is what we are aiming for.
    3 cups All purpose flour, 2 sticks Butter, 1 teaspoon Salt, 4 teaspoon Sugar
  • Sprinkle ice-cold water over this flour mixture 1 or 2 tablespoon at a time, and gently mix it using your hands till it comes together to form a dough ball. You may also use a food processor to complete the above two steps. (Check tip section)
    ½ cup to ¾ cup Water
  • Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and keep it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Prepare the mixed berry filling

  • In one bowl, add in strawberries, cornstarch, sugar (check tip section), vanilla extract, salt, and toss.
    1 pound Strawberry, 2 tablespoon Corn starch, ½ cup Sugar, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract, Salt
  • In another bowl, add in blueberries, cornstarch, sugar, and vanilla extract and toss.
    ¾ cup Blueberries, ½ tablespoon Corn Starch, 2 tablespoon Sugar, ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract

Assemble Patriotic American Flag Pie

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degree F.
  • Unwrap the dough onto a floured surface and divide it into 2 equal portions.
  • Using a rolling pin, roll one portion of the dough into a 12-inch round, about ⅛th inch thick. Transfer this to 9 inch greased pie pan pressing firmly against the bottom and sides. 
  • Make the crimp on the edges if desired and trim off any excess. Egg wash the edges and sprinkle some sugar.
  • I have placed graham crackers just to divide the crust into 2 sections ( ¼ for blueberry and ¾ for strawberry)
  • Spoon the blueberry filling into ¼ portion of the crust and the strawberry filling into the remaining larger portion and carefully remove the graham cracker. Keep this aside.
  • Roll out the remaining half portion of the dough and cut them to form stripes of the flag, and using a cookie cutter cut the stars of the desired size. Brush these with egg wash and sprinkle some sugar. Place this on parchment paper. (If you have any leftover dough, make extra stripes and stars, as they will be tasty, or simply plastic wrap them and place them in the refrigerator.
    1 large Egg, 3 to 4 tablespoon Sugar
  • I like to bake my stripes and stars separately and then place it on the pie as soon as they are out of the oven.
  • Bake the pie on the lower rack of the oven for 35 to 40 minutes or till the edges are brown and the filling is bubbling.
  • Meanwhile, Place the stars and stripes on the top rack of the oven and bake the stripes for 12 minutes and the stars for about 8 minutes or until it is done.
  • Once the pie is out of the oven, immediately place baked stars and stripes. Allow the pie to cool completely.
  • Easy Mixed Berry Pie is now ready. Serve and enjoy. Happy 4th of July!

Notes

  • The amount of ice-cold water required may vary depending on the quality of the flour and weather conditions. So add 1 or 2 tablespoon at a time.
  • To make this pie vegan, substitute butter with vegan butter.
  • For the blue pie filling, I have used only blueberries. You can even add blackberries if needed; For the red pie filling, you can use strawberries, raspberries, or even cherries. 

Nutrition

Calories: 505kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 84mg | Sodium: 484mg | Potassium: 165mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 755IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 3mg