This Elderberry Pie recipe makes for an impressive dessert any time of year. This recipe is excerpted from The Old-Fashioned Fruit Garden (Skyhorse Publishing, 2012), a simple guide to understanding the basics of fruit gardening. For additional information on elderberries and more elderberry recipes, go to 4 Delicious Elderberry Recipes.
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Elderberry Pie Recipe
Serve pieces of this elegant pie with whipped cream.
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup elderberry juice
• 1 cup or less sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, separated
• 1 cup milk
• Unbaked pie shell
1. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt. Stir in enough milk to make a paste.
2. In a saucepan, bring elderberry juice to a boil. Stir paste into hot juice. Simmer, stirring often to prevent lumps. Remove from heat and stir in remaining milk to cool mixture. Stir in egg yolk.
3. Beat egg white in a bowl until stiff; fold into juice mixture. Pour filling into an unbaked 9-inch pie shell and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
This excerpt has been reprinted with permission from The Old-Fashioned Fruit Garden, by Jo Ann Gardner, published by Skyhorse Publishing, 2012. Buy this book from our store: The Old-Fashioned Fruit Garden.
