So a few more elderberry pies for those interested… after seeing this post, I decided that I could do a better one (better than my first one, that is). This time I used a combination of frozen elderberries (the rest of the batch I’d gotten from Ulrich in Oklahoma) and dried elderberries, which I ordered online from Herbalcom and heated in water to get them plump again.
I used a new recipe, found in this article, which called for no flour, but rather tapioca instead. It was a much better fit… it firmed up the texture and was a little sweet. The flavor of this pie wasn’t as rich, but I figure that’s probably due to the berries being frozen and dried. My ultimate verdict? Still a little gritty due to the seeds. I think next time I’m going to try something different… maybe soak some apples in elderberry syrup for a while, then make a pie out of them. I’ll bet that would be delicious!
2 responses so far ↓
1 Judi // Apr 2, 2008 at 6:04 am
That sounds very yummy adding apples. I found that mine also had the seeds in them but that wasn’t a problem for us. Did you take pictures of this one?
2 suzi // Aug 4, 2008 at 8:49 pm
My best memories of childhood are of the greatest pie, EVER!! elderberry. YUMM
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