Saskatoon Berry Pie

We had a cool night last night, and when I woke up today and went down to the kitchen the tile floor was actually cold from the windows being open all night. To celebrate the cool kitchen I baked Saskatoon Berry Pie early this morning. We went over to a friend's house for lunch and took the pie with us, which in hindsight was risky considering I've never eaten let alone made a Saskatoon Berry Pie before. Even worse, when I brought it in with me to my friend's house she said, "Yumm, we love Saskatoon Berry Pie!"

Well, the pie was delicious, and very unique. The berries stayed firm and held their shape in the pie, and there was a distinct taste of almond flavoring, which, since the filling was just berries, flour, sugar, cornstarch, and butter, must have come from the berries! Interesting, because I didn't pick up any almond extract flavor in the raw berries at all.

I'm going to have to head back to the Saskatoon farm and load up on my new favorite fruit. Lucy commented in my Divide and Conquer post that Saskatoons might make a good syrop, and I'm going to follow through on that idea. I'm going to need buckets and buckets.