Saskatoon Berry Pie

Nothing says summer like a classic Saskatoon berry pie.  You can have your blueberries, but I’ll take slightly tart Saskatoon berries instead any day of the week.

Any saskatoon berry recipe starts with a trip to the berry patch, sometime between the second and fourth week of July, depending on how warm or cold summer has been.

Related: The Ultimate Sour Cherry Pie

Saskatoon berries are next to impossible to find at supermarkets, and can only be obtained in the wild, at u-pick farms, and at farmer’s markets.  If you have the time, I highly recommend picking at least one of your own pails.  It will take an hour, but I swear the berries just taste better somehow.

Watch this video for some quick Saskatoon berry picking tips.

Related: For the Love of Berry Picking

Once you get home, it’s time to clean the berries.  If you pick clean as you pick them, cleaning Saskatoon berries goes quickly.

Here’s how I do it.

Finally, it’s time to make delicious pies, cakes, muffins, and other desserts!  Saskatoon berries freeze well and are delicious in pancakes, with oatmeal, or in your yogurt.

Planning on making lots of pies to freeze for later?  One ice cream pail of berries with make three small 8 inch pies, or two large deep dish pies.

Learn exactly how to organize your next pie-making day here!

Full disclosure–When I’m photographing pies, I do not make homemade crust.  I’ve found that it’s too difficult to braid or make lattices with it, so I use store bought butter pastry instead.  If I’m making the pie for my friends and family and don’t need to get fancy, this is the recipe I use.

Classic Saskatoon Berry Pie

Makes 2-3 pies

Filling:
10 cups Saskatoon Berries
1 2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 tbsp lemon juice

Crust:
4 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup shortening
8 to 10 tbsp cold water

Clean Saskatoon berries and mix in sugar, flour, and lemon juice.

Crust: Mix flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender, or your hands. When the mixture looks like a bunch of little pebbles, add cold water until combined. Let dough rest in the fridge for 10-30 minutes and roll out.

More Saskatoon Berry Recipes:

• No Bake Saskatoon Berry Cheesecake

• Saskatoon Berry Muffins

• Haskap Tarts

Did you end up with a bit of extra pie filling?  Don’t throw it away!  Make these super easy hand pies instead!!

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