Skinny Mixed Berry Pie Recipes

SKINNY MIXED BERRY PIE

Steps:

• Add the frozen berries, sweetener, lemon juice, zest and cinnamon to a pan. Cook on a medium heat for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir through the ground chia. Heat for 2 minutes then remove from the heat and allow to cool to thicken for about 30 minutes. Taste and adjust the sweetness to taste and add more chia if you like it thicker.
• Meanwhile make the dough. Melt the mozzarella in the microwave on high for 60 seconds, stir with a rubber spatula and heat for another 30 seconds. Add the almond flour and egg. Mix. You may need to get your hands involved here!
• Roll out the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper and place in fridge for 20 - 30 minutes to chill. Then cut into strips on a diagonal using a pizza cutter or sharp knife about 1 cm in thickness.
• To make the lattice, lay the bottom strips on top of the berries then starting at one side add a strip perpendicular and just lift the bottom ones up and under. Trim at the edges, then brush with a little egg white and sprinkle with low carb sweetener.
• Preheat the oven to 400F / 200C conventional / 180 fan.
• Bake for 15 - 25 minutes until golden on top.

SKINNY MIXED BERRY PIE WITH LEMON CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-inch pie plate with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium bowl, combine finely crushed zwieback and brown sugar. Add egg white and melted butter; stir until well mixed. Press mixture evenly onto bottom and up side of prepared pie plate. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edge is browned. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Meanwhile, for glaze, in a small saucepan, melt fruit spread over medium-low heat. Transfer to a large bowl; cool slightly.
• Spread yogurt into crust-lined pie plate. In a large bowl, gently toss berries and fruit spread. Spoon over yogurt. Cover and chill for 3 to 6 hours before serving. If desired, garnish with fresh mint and/or serve with Lemon Cream.

MIXED BERRY PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix flour and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide dough into 2 portions so that 1 is slightly larger than the other. Shape each into a disk. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., For filling, in a large saucepan, whisk sugar, cornstarch, salt, water and, if desired, cinnamon until smooth; add blueberries. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool slightly., Preheat oven to 400°. Gently fold raspberries, strawberries, blackberries and lemon juice into blueberry mixture. On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger portion of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate. Add filling; dot with butter., Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; cut into 1/2-in.-wide strips. Arrange over filling in a lattice pattern. Trim and seal strips to edge of bottom crust; flute edge. Bake 10 minutes. , Reduce oven setting to 350°; bake 45-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.