A round pie with berries is on the table. A round pie with berries is on the table. It has a golden brown crust. The pie is decorated with berries.

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Simple Summer Berry and Frangipane Pie

Prep Time: 30 min / Cook Time: 40 min / Total Time: 1 hr 10 min

This tasty summer dessert is prepared using the traditional frangipane mix of almond flour, butter, and sugar, enhanced with some crunchy crust added texture. A trio of berries and a touch of lemon zest contribute to its seasonal taste.

Author and photographs: Olga

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Tip: You may have some dough left over, but don't worry: you can roll it out thin and bake it on a baking sheet at 180°C for 20 minutes and eat it like a cookie.

Simple Summer Berry and Frangipane Pie

Ingredients

Dough

150 g flour
50 g ground almonds
40 g icing sugar
90 g butter, cubed
20 g cold water

Frangipane

150 g roasted almonds
100 g icing sugar
40 g cornstarch
90 g milk
4 g baking powder
20 g butter
A bit of lemon zest
150 g berries

For serving

Almond petals (for decoration)
strawberries, raspberries, and other -berries

Instructions

Before we start, preheat the oven to 180°C, and fan off.

Ready? Good.

Now let's make the dough. In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients, then add the cubed butter. With your hands (or a fork), crumble the dry mix into the butter until it starts to form a mixture, then gradually pour in the water.

Continue mixing until you have a ball of dough. Now take it out of the bowl and place it on a floured surface (dust with flour). If the dough seems too warm, you can refrigerate it for 20 minutes. oll out the dough to a thickness of 1 cm (or slightly thinner), then place it in a 20 cm pie dish. Gently prick holes in the base of the dough with a fork.

Now, place baking paper over the dough, then some raw rice (or beans), and bake like this for 20 minutes. When done, remove the beans and paper and bake for another 5–10 minutes, until the dough becomes slightly golden.

The pie with berries and frangipane cut. A round pie with berries is on the table. It has a golden brown crust. The pie is decorated with berries. The pie is cut.

While that's happening, let's make the FRANGIPANE. In a food processor, blend the almonds and icing sugar until you get a small, sweet almond crumb. Now add the remaining ingredients and blend a few times until smooth. We don't need a VERY SMOOTH texture.

hen the dough is ready, remove it from the oven using oven mitts and let it cool. Add the frangipane filling and place the berries inside the frangipane. Bake for another 20 minutes in the same oven.

hen the pie is ready, let it cool, then decorate with berries as I did - or serve with custard or cream.

he pie can be stored in the refrigerator for 3 days (if you have any left).