Anjou Bakery's (marion)berry Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 14 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 2-tbsp . chunks
• 1/4 cup cornstarch (i used the latter) or 1/4 cup arrowroot (i used the latter)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 3/4 lbs fresh marionberries (or substitute, read recipe intro.) or 1 3/4 lbs frozen marionberries
• coarse sugar, for sprinkling (i used raw sugar aka turbinado)

Recipe

• 1 crust: combine dry ingredients in a stand mixer. add butter and beat with paddle attachment on low speed, scraping bowl as needed, until pieces are raisin-size. note: it was easier for me to use a food processor for this step.
• 2 with mixer still on low speed, drizzle in 1 tablespoons ice water; beat until pastry comes together, 1 1/2 to 3 minutes. form 1 1/4 cups into a disk and the rest into a smaller disk.
• 3 preheat oven to 375° with rack on bottom rung.
• 4 on a lightly floured board, roll larger disk into a 12-in. circle. loosen with a long metal spatula, gently roll around a rolling pin, then unroll into a 9-in. pie pan (if dough cracks, press back together).
• 5 fold edge under, so it's flush with pan rim, then crimp.
• 6 roll remaining dough into an 11-in. circle. with a cookie cutter, cut out enough shapes such as squares to cover most of pie. set cutouts on a baking sheet; chill crust and cutout in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
• 7 pie filling: stir together cornstarch and granulated sugar in a large bowl. add berries with juices and toss to coat.
• 8 arrange evenly in pie shell. lightly brush pastry cutouts with water and sprinkle with coarse sugar. arrange cutouts over filling.
• 9 bake pie until filling bubbles and pastry is golden in center, 55 to 60 minutes (up to 1 1/2 hours if berries were frozen); if edge starts to get dark, cover with foil, and if pie starts to bubble over, put a rimmed pan underneath it.
• 10 let cool on a rack to room temperature, at least 3 hours.