The perfect pie for a summer evening. First off, if your not accustomed to using sour cream in a sweet pie filling you will probably cringe. My first encounter with this idea was many years ago and I’m still addicted.
Sour Cream has worked its way into many facets of my baking and cooking, so for me its a basic fridge staple. I know for some people it happens all too often … you pick up a container of sour cream to have on some tacos and then what to do with the rest before it spoils??
This pie recipe makes an extra deep dessert. It works well in a spring-form pan or a deep pie dish. The crunchy, buttery brown sugar streusel on top is lightly accented with cardamom spice & fresh lemon zest. It is the perfect foil to the lush, rich sour cream and raspberry filling.
I should mention, its best not to use light or fat-free sour cream. Another thing, is to bake the pie until the filling is set THEN top with the streusel and bake until golden. This is a pie that is best served cold or just slightly warm as it will not be firm enough to slice if it is hot.
Raspberries lovers … this one is for you!!
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- 1 cup butter,
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 - 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- dash of salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups sour cream
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 4 cups fresh raspberries
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup firmly packed, light brown sugar
- 1 tsp lemon zest, finely grated
- 1/2 tsp cardamom
- 1/3 cup pecans OR walnuts, chopped
Ingredients
Shortbread Crust
Raspberry Filling
Cardamon/Lemon Streusel
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- In a bowl, combine butter & sugar; beat until light & fluffy. Mix in flour & baking powder; blend together. Pat dough in a 9-inch spring form pan or a deep dish pie pan.
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a bowl, combine sugar, flour & salt; whisk in eggs, sour cream & vanilla until smooth. Place raspberries in pie shell & pour filling over top. Bake for 30-35 minutes OR UNTIL FILLING IS JUST SET.
- In a bowl, combine all streusel ingredients until well blended. After the pie filling is set, remove from the oven & turn the heat down to 350 F. Squeeze the streusel between your fingers & palms to create clumps ranging in size from small to large grapes then top pie with it. Bake an additional 10-15 minutes OR until streusel is golden brown.
- Remove from oven & allow pie to cool completely on a wire rack to thicken further. Serve warm or at room temperature. Refrigerate any leftover pie.
- Even though I mentioned you should use a full fat sour cream, I chose to use a fat free one too lighten up on the calories.
- The only difference is, it will take longer to bake & the filling is not quite as firm in the end result.
- As far as the taste goes, there is no difference. It's heavenly!!