Berry Slab Pie paired with Barefoot Summer Summer Red Spritzer is the perfect end of summer treat!
While my mind is ready for fall and apples and pumpkin and sweaters, the weather outside is telling me a different story. Mama Earth thinks summer needs an encore. And really, who am I to argue? In a few months I will be fully complaining about the cold temperatures WISHING for 90-degree days.
You know it’s true.
So in the meantime, I think I will embrace the last warm days of 2016 with a Summer Berry Slab Pie and a Summer Red Spritzer. Are you with me?
What I love best about the spritzers paired with the slab pie is they’re both completely casual.
Slab pies are a great party option because they serve a lot of people AND they don’t have to be perfect. They serve up a lot like a cobbler, they’re great warm or room temperature and can be served with or without ice cream.
I used fresh berries, but you can ABSOLUTELY use frozen (and thawed) if you need to.
And while I gave you a full recipe with a homemade crust option, you can cheat a bit and use pre-made rolls of pie crust if you’re in a pinch. Again, this recipe and wine pairing should be easy, casual and fun! No stress here!
And like I said, ice cream is optional…but I mean…
As always drink (and eat) responsibly. Enjoy your last days of summer!
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Berry Slab Pie
- Yield: serves 15–18 1x
Ingredients
Crust
- 5 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 cups cold butter (frozen works too), cubed or grated
- 3 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups ice water
Filling
- 7 cups fresh berries, I used a combination of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- zest of one lemon
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
Crust
- In a large metal bowl whisk together the flour and salt.
- Add in the cold cubed or grated butter to the flour mixture and using a pastry cutter or a fork combine the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse sand. (I don’t like to use my hands for this step, because your hands warm up the butter melting it into the flour. Handling it less leaves little pockets of butter, which helps produces a more flaky crust.)
- Next add in the vinegar and 1 cup of the ice water and stir until it becomes too difficult, at that point use your hands working quickly to knead the dough until it holds together. It should not be sticky, however if the dough is too dry or crumbles apart add 1 tablespoon more water at a time until the dough holds together.
- Divide the dough in half and form each portion into a flat rectangle. Wrap each crust with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour, or up to 3 days.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
Filling
- To prepare the filling combine the berries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and zest in a large bowl. Set aside.
- When you are ready to use the dough, roll the dough out into a 17×12-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface using a rolling pin. Fit the crust into ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, pressing into the corners.
- Spread the berry mixture on top of the dough.
- Roll the reserved portion of dough out into a 16×11 inch rectangle and place that on top of the berries, crimping the dough together and trimming any excess.
- Using a pastry brush, lightly brush the top of the pie dough with the heavy cream.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes until the pie crust is golden brown.
- Allow the pie to cool completely before serving.
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*This post is sponsored by Barefoot Wine. As always all opinions are 100% my own.
This sounds like the perfect way to end summer! Yum!
Looks delish! And what a perfect way to end the summer.
Love it! So nice with the ice cream.
We have no Barefoot in the Netherlands. So I think I will try the Belgium Petrus forestfruit beer will be also delicious to drink at this pie.
We have no Bearfoot in the Netherlands. So I think I will try the Belgium Petrus forestfruit beer will be also delicious to drink at this pie.
I have GOT to get my hands on those spritzers — they look so bubbly and so good! And that pie…I want some for breakfast. Ice cream NOT optional!