Montana Huckleberry Pie Recipes

HUCKLEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Place huckleberries in pastry-lined pan. In a small bowl, mix together 3/4 cup sugar and flour. Spoon evenly over berries. Sprinkle lemon rind and lemon juice over top. Dot with butter. Cover with top crust. Seal edges and cut steam vents in top. Brush surface with cream, avoiding fluted edges of crust. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake an additional 20 to 25 minutes, until crust is golden brown.

"BE MY HUCKLEBERRY" PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375-degrees F
• Line the bottom of a 9" pie plate with one of the two pie crusts. If using frozen fruit, quickly rinse off any ice that may have formed around the berries and drain completely.
• Mix both sugars, tapioca, orange zest, orange juice, salt, and cinnamon, if using. Add huckleberries and one shredded apple (optional) and mix gently to combine.
• Set aside to rest for 15 minutes to allow the tapioca to activate.
• Meanwhile, cut the remaining pie crust into ¼" strips using a pastry wheel.
• After the fifteen minutes are up, pour pie filling into the prepared pie crust and dot with butter.
• Place the strips of dough in a lattice fashion over the pie and either tuck the ends of the strips under the bottom crust or fold the bottom crust over the strips and crimp.
• Cover pie edges with foil or pie crust protectors. Brush with 1 tablespoon of milk and sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar. Bake for an hour, or until the mixture is thick and bubbly and begins to ooze out of the lattice crust. Remove the foil during the last 15 minutes.
• Cool the huckleberry pie before slicing. Enjoy topping with vanilla ice cream.

WILD HUCKLEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Mix the above ingredients together with a spoon so that everything is well distributed;
• pour into the bottom pie shell as it sets in the pie plate.
• Dot the top of the mixture with 2 or 3 dabs of butter.
• Top off with the second pie shell.
• Once it is correctly positioned you should have a 1" overlap on the top crust so that it can be crimped with the bottom crust.
• Crimp or pinch the two crusts together and make a decorative edge to seal the two piecrusts.
• The pie can be refrigerated until you are ready to bake or baked immediately.
• To bake, preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
• Place the pie on the middle shelf of your oven and bake for 15 minutes then turn the temperature down to 350 degrees and continue baking for 30-40 minutes or until the filling starts to bubble over.
• Once the pie looks done and the crust is a light golden brown, it should be done.
• Take it out and let the pie cool on a cooling rack until it is ready to serve.

HUCKLEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Roll half of pastry out on floured surface and place in 9" pie pan.
• Measure ingredients into a two quart mixing bowl and mix well.
• Pour into unbaked pie shell.
• Roll out remaining pastry and cover the fruit mixture.
• Crimp edges attractively and pierce all over with a fork to release the steam.
• Place pie on a cookie sheet and bake for about one hour or until nicely browned.

MONTANA HUCKLEBERRY CHOCOLATE FLECK PIE

Steps:

• Pie Crust: Combine butter and sugar. Do not cream. Add flour. Mix just until dough will form. Place 1/4 cup of mixture crumbled in small pan. Press remaining mixture evenly over bottom and sides of 9-inch pie pan with well-floured fingers. Bake at 375° until light golden brown. Bake crumbs 10-12 minutes, and crust 12-15 minutes. Pie Filling: Melt chocolate chips in double boiler. Cool to lukewarm. Combine in small bowl the sugar, water, egg white, vanilla, and lemon juice; beat with electric mixer at highest speed until soft peaks form when beaters are raised (3-5 minutes). Beat whipping cream until thick. Fold melted chocolate slowly into whipped cream mixture then fold into egg white mixture. Fold huckleberries into the mixture. Put into pie crust; sprinkle with baked crumbs and freeze. Fun Fact: In land area, Montana can accommodate Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York, and still have room for the District of Columbia. Montana covers more than 147,000 square miles, making it the fourth largest state in the nation after Alaska, Texas, and California. The name Montana comes from the Spanish word montaña, meaning "mountain," even though the eastern part of the state consists of gently rolling pastureland.

HUCKLEBERRY CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar and nuts. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Spread on baking sheet; bake at 400° for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. , Remove from oven. While mixture is still hot, press into a 9-in. pie plate, forming a pie shell. Cool completely. , For cheese filling, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth; gently fold in whipped cream. Pour or spoon filling into cooled crust; refrigerate. , For topping, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan. Stir in water until smooth; add 1 cup berries. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Add butter and remaining berries. Cool; pour over cheese filling. Top with additional whipped cream if desired.

MONTANA HUCKLEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Mix flour and sugar with berries. Set aside. Roll out a little more than half the pastry dough to 1/8-inch thickness and fit into a 9-inch pie pan. Pour the berries into the pie shell. (If you use commercial blueberries, sprinkle 1 tablespoon lemon juice on top.) Roll remaining pastry a little thinner than for the bottom crust. Prick with your favorite design. Brush the edge of the bottom crust with cold water, and place the upper crust on pie. Press crusts together at the rim and trim off the excess dough. Flute the edge. Bake in a preheated 450° oven for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350° and bake about 40 minutes. Note: Montana huckleberries are really blueberries. The scientific name of the genus is Vaccinium and that is the blueberry genus. But these wild berries are a world apart from the commercial blueberry, so they deserve a distinct title. We Montanans will fight for the name "huckleberry."