Junkberry Pie
Updated Oct. 31, 2024
- Total Time
- 5½ hours
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 1 hour 20 minutes, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Ingredients
- 1Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 1½cups frozen peaches
- 1cup frozen blackberries
- 1cup frozen blueberries
- 1cup frozen strawberries
- ½cup frozen raspberries
- ¾cup/150 grams granulated sugar
- 6tablespoons/45 grams all-purpose flour
- 1¼cups/250 grams granulated sugar
- 1cup/120 grams all-purpose flour
- 1cup/228 grams sour cream
- ¼teaspoon salt
- 1(9-inch) single pie crust
- 1large egg, beaten
- Coarse sugar, for sprinkling
For the Filling
For the Topping
For Assembly
Preparation
- Step 1
In a medium pot, combine apple, peaches, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, sugar and flour over medium heat. (Do not thaw the peaches or berries.) Bring to a boil, stirring often. The raspberries will start to break down, but the rest of the fruit will remain intact; this whole process takes 12 to 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and cool slightly.
- Step 2
Adjust a rack to the lower third of the oven. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Make the topping: In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, flour, sour cream and salt until thoroughly combined. This will take a few minutes and will look like a thick paste.
- Step 3
On a lightly floured surface, with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out the pie crust to a 13-inch round and fit it into a 9-inch pie plate. Tuck and pinch the overhang so that the crust rests on the top edge of the pie plate, then crimp. When the oven has come to temperature, pour the slightly cooled fruit mixture into the crust. Dollop the topping over the fruit and smooth it all the way to the edges of the crust.
- Step 4
Brush the edges of the crust with the beaten egg. Sprinkle the crust and the topping with coarse sugar.
- Step 5
The pie plate will be very full; place it on the prepared baking sheet to catch any drips. Bake until the topping is firm and the crust is golden, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer the pie to a wire rack and cool for at least 4 hours, then slice and serve.
Private Notes
Comments
@Kathryn Major —At first, I also thought the photo and text were mismatched. But after re-reading the recipe and zooming in on the photo, I think they are correct. It is indeed a single- crust pie but the topping (apparently) bakes in such a way to mimic a top crust.
A friend of mine who made the pie with me had a brilliant idea — to pour the (room-temperature) sour cream topping into a makeshift piping bag (a gallon sized ziploc bag with a snipped corner) and to pipe the topping on top of the filling! She started at the outer edge and piped the topping onto the pie in a spiral till the center was covered. This eliminated any risk of forcing the filling out over the edges of the pie. No dolloping and smoothing necessary! So easy and seamless!
The pie in the picture looks delicious but is not the pie of the recipe - the recipe is for a one crust pie with a topping that sounds intriguing. Alas…
As others have said it takes WAY longer than the time listed in the recipe for the topping to be fully cooked. I cooked for 65 minutes and the outside was very brown and the inside light brown so I thought it was down but the inside of the topping was really not cooked at all. Next time I'd cook for an hour and then use pie ring or tin foil for outside half and cook about 30 minutes more at least! I did add a bit of chai spice mix to the fruit mixture and we loved it. Ditto the top crust/topping- added a bit of vanilla powder as well as cinnamon. Great idea for a pie, but I think the time listed for it to be fully cooked needs to be revisited as the topping would be total mush at 45 minutes!
This was delicious! I totally, totally love the topping! The pie flavors got better as it sat the next day and day after. Someone posted a helpful hint about putting the topping in an icing Piping Bag and doing it that way, that was an absolute lifesaver. I will always do it that way going forward. But it was still very thick and difficult to pipe even at room temperature. overall a total crowd pleaser and will be made again and again.
The filling of this pie was delicious. However the topping just never seemed to cook. I am not sure if the problem was my oven, but I cooked it an extra 30 minutes and just could not get the top to cook fully. If I made it again I would just use a regular pie crust for the topping.