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01  The sauce

01 The sauce

1 pint fresh raspberries
3/4 cup sugar
2 tea spoon lemon juice
3/4 cup water

( I used the bit of Key Lime juice I had left over from yesterday instead of lemon juice)


02 The bottom crust

02 The bottom crust

Get your bottom crust ready
(store bought crust)


03 The sauce pt II

03 The sauce pt II

You heat up the sauce and mash the raspberries and cook till nice and thick


04 Fill the crust

04 Fill the crust

3 pints of fresh berries in here.


05 add the sauce

05 add the sauce

It might be best to stir gentley with a rubber spatula I didn't and I won't know if the sauce went to the bottom till I cut the pie?


06 The top crust

06 The top crust

Now you can put the whole crust on top (vent please) or you can weave it. I like to weave fruit pies so I cut the top into strips


07 The weave

07 The weave

I've started the weave, can you see how to do it?


08 The weave

08 The weave

I've finished the weave


09 Fork it!

09 Fork it!

I use the tines of a fork to make the edge, a bowl of flour nearby in case the fork starts to stick to the crust.
Just dip the fork in flour if it does.


10 Trim the edge

10 Trim the edge

Trim the edge with a paring knife.
Now she's ready to bake.


In the oven

In the oven

In the oven it goes at 350 deg.
Unles you like cleaning burnt Raspberries off the bottom of the over either use an liner pan or a sheet of foil.
(I use both)


12 Egg white

12 Egg white

2 egg whites and some sugar


13 Mix well

13 Mix well

I used a fork


14 Pastry brush

14 Pastry brush

We're going to brush the top. If you don't have a brush a napkin works too.


15 Brush the top

15 Brush the top

I pulled it from the oven and brushed the top


20 Watch the edges

20 Watch the edges

The edges of the crust were browning too fast and I didn't want to burn then while the top cooked so I covered the edges with foil and put her back in the oven.

Remember we're not cooking the filling (already done) all we're doing is cooking the crust


24 Fresh Raspberry Pie!

24 Fresh Raspberry Pie!

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