![]() It either overbrowns or is undercooked or both. I have not perfected the art of making a beautiful pie and it really frustrates me sometimes! My crust never turns out the way I want it too. So, if you have a hard time with your pies turning out looking beautiful (that’s me!) try this method instead. For extra indulgence, you can add a scoop of vanilla ice-cream (or dairy-free alternative).This Rustic Berry Tart is super easy to make, way easier than making a pie. Serve this dish warm, right out of the oven. I refer to it as "rustic-chic" and call it a day. In other words: mix the dough only until it starts to come together (no further), and roll it out pretty quickly. I like to keep my crust fairly free-form, and don't get too finicky about making it look perfect. So try to keep the dough as cool as possible before it hits the oven. But this only happens if it melts while in the oven, and not before it. Once the bits of butter melt in the oven, they'll create delicious little steam pockets! Magic. It's so healthy, that you can even enjoy it as a breakfast treat.Ĭold butter is important because it contributes to a lighter, flakier crust. And, thanks to the oat base, this recipe is gluten-free! The end result is a beautiful, light dessert. It only calls for 5 ingredients: oats, butter, salt, berries and honey. This dish is great because you can get it popped into the oven fairly quickly, and then get back to enjoying the last bits of summer. And given it's lighter on oil, the crust itself is a lot less greasy, but slightly more crumbly – kind of reminiscent of a fruit crumble. Pastry crust does however require at least a bit of oil to keep everything together, so this recipe contains butter.just a lot less of it. It isn't loaded with a stick (or two) of butter like a usual pie. Oh, and then I topped it with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. There's a generous drizzle of raw honey over the tart to balance the natural tartness of the berries. ![]() This tart shows off the fresh blackberries front and center, and then surrounds them with a simple, yet delicious pastry crust. I got out a couple reliable partners in crime - oats and honey – and ended up making a simple, rustic tart. For such a simple fruit, I was struck by how hard I had to rack my brain to think of a way to cook these up. But, once I'd had my fill of berries, I was itching to try something new with these handpicked gems. I was excited to sink my face into the bowl of berries…and he was excited to get back to whatever important "stuff" he was doing before being dragged out on an impromptu berry mission.īlackberries are so juicy and delicious on their own - most of the time I prefer to just rinse and enjoy as is. We headed home with big smiles on our faces… which I now realize were for very different reasons. By the end, our fingertips were stained a deep shade of purple and we'd each gathered a sizeable bowl of berries ( his was just okay, to be honest). I must say, blackberry picking is so much easier now that I've grown about a foot or so taller. We ended up stumbling on a big section of bushes tucked away from the main road, wedged between a house and a gravel trail. This week I was feeling particularly nostalgic, so after work I dragged Anguel out to venture around the neighborhood on the hunt for some wild blackberries. ![]() ![]() It was a perfect slice of childhood heaven: a long, crooked trail littered with hundreds of unruly, brambly blackberry bushes on either side. We had our "secret" spot that we visited every year. It brings back memories of August afternoons spent with my dad and brother – collecting as many berries as we could fit into our plastic ice-cream pails. There's something so quintessentially summer about blackberries. ![]()
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