Finnish berry pie

Finnish Berry Pie (Marjapiirakka)

Tuija
Servings

8

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Cuisine

Finnish

Category

Dessert

I got this recipe from my friend and ever since I have been in love with this pie. It's both sweet and crunchy - just perfect! 

No need to make a vanilla sauce, this pie has got the sauce in it!

Ingredients

    Crust

    • 2/3 cup butter, softened/melted
    • ½ cup sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder

    Filling

    • 1 cup berries, fresh or frozen (pick your favorites!)
    • ¾ cup creme fraiche (or Greek yogurt or sour cream)
    • 1 egg
    • 3 tablespoons sugar
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar

    For the pan

    • Butter
    • Breadcrumbs

    Directions

    1. Grease the pan with butter and sprinkle evenly with breadcrumbs
    2. Melt or soften the butter
    3. Mix it with sugar
    4. Add the egg and mix
    5. Mix the baking powder with flour
    6. Add the flour while mixing
    7. Spread the dough on the pan, sprinkle extra flour and spoon to pat if the dough sticks to your spoon too much
    8. Add berries on top, spread evenly
    9. Mix the filling: creme fraiche/yogurt and egg, add sugar and vanilla
    10. Add the filling on top of the berries
    11. Bake in 365 °F about 40 min.

    Finnish Berry Pie (Marjapiirakka)

    Finnish Berry Pie (Marjapiirakka) - Feels like Finland

    Finns love berries - and there are so many yummy berries in Finland! This berry pie is delicious and easy to make.

    The crust does not need pre-baking and you just mix the ingredients and add them.

    Feel free to use other dairy product instead of creme fraiche. I used that because it's consistency is quite similar to Finnish "kermaviili", a Nordic type of lightly sour cream.

    Finnish kermaviili is a lot lighter (10-12 % fat and there are even low-fat versions) than creme fraiche (about 28% fat). 

    You can use also natural, unsweetened Greek yogurt instead of creme fraiche. Yogurt is about 10% fat so it's about the same as kermaviili.

    This time I tested that the recipe works also with creme fraiche.

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