33 Berry Pie Recipes—And Summer Tarts Too
Berry pies are the height of summer desserts, showcasing the deep, juicy flavors you just don’t get in other seasons. The best berry pie recipes give you a buttery crust and luscious filling that doesn’t run all over your plate—but also doesn’t go too stiff and thick. Pies, of course, are a labor of love, which is why it’s good news that berry pie flavors can also be captured in easy tarts, galettes, and a few other forms. Below you’ll find our favorite ways to practice your pie dough moves (or whip up a quick crumb crust) and enjoy ripe blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and any other berries you might be lucky enough to find before summer runs out.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich1/33Blueberry-Nectarine Lattice Pie
We love berry pie recipes with secret ingredients—like this one, which uses a squeeze of grapefruit juice to heighten the fresh flavors of the filling. There's coriander in there, too—which makes sense, because the dried seeds of this common garden herb contain linalool, one of the key terpenes used when laboratories synthesize the flavor of blueberries.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, and Rhoda Boone4/33The Easiest Peach-Raspberry Pie With Press-In Crust
Sweet peaches and tart raspberries are natural partners in this juicy, tangy pie, which has the easiest crust you’ll ever make. That's right, there's no rolling required.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone6/33Mixed Berry Pie Bars
Looking for a pie that you can bring to a picnic or barbecue? This hand-held version packs a bright berry filling into a flaky crust. We like a combo of blueberries and strawberries for the filling.
Photo by Romulo Yanes11/33Raspberry Crumble Tart
For this crowd-pleasing tart, the editors of Gourmet took the ingredients for a double pastry crust in another direction, turning some into a bottom crust and the rest into a sweet streusel topping.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich14/33Wild Blueberry Pie With Almond Crumble Topping
Wild blueberries are small and much more flavorful than their big counterparts. You might see them fresh at farmstands and farmers markets, but they're also available frozen at supermarkets and specialty foods stores. The little bit of almond in the topping of this blueberry pie amps up the flavor of the berries.
