Rustic Slab Pie

This Rustic Slab Pie is what summertime is all about! Strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries all baked together with just a bottom crust. Imagine serving up this Triple Berry Slab Pie at your Summer get together. You know you’ll hear the ooohs and ahhhs.

One of the best things about making a slab pie is that your imagination is endless when it comes to making the top. You can create your own designs.

Another reason this is such a great pie to make is that it’s perfect for summer get togethers. Imagine making this and taking to a potluck, Patriotic party, a BBQ, or just making it for your own family to enjoy.

One of other classic favorites that we love to nosh on during the summer is our Classic Pea Salad. Quick and easy to make, it’s always a favorite.

Of course, you are going to need something to wash it down with and our Roy Rogers drink is a mocktail that can be made into a cocktail and perfect for everyone to enjoy.

🥘Ingredients

Store-bought pie crusts or homemade pie crusts.
Blueberries
Raspberries
Strawberries
Corn starch
Lemon juice
White granulated sugar
Kosher salt
Unsalted butter
Egg
Water

See recipe card for quantities.

🔪Instructions

At the bottom of this post, you will find complete instructions on how to make this.

Prepare the pie crust.

Pie weights on top of parchment paper and the pie crust.

Combining the fruit together to make a slab pie

The fruit being mixed together.

Adding the lattice.

🧾Substitutions

Sweet cherries – feel free to use these instead of the raspberries.
Blackberries – these would be a good sub for the blueberries.

📖Variations

Berries – you can totally make this an all Strawberry Slab Pie, Blueberry Slab Pie, or a Raspberry Slab Pie.
Whipped cream – you can top it with that instead of ice cream.

🍽Equipment

Rolling pin
Sheet pan/jelly roll pan 17 x 12.
Sharp knife
Fork
Pie weights, aluminum foil, or parchment paper
Large mixing bowl
Medium-sized bowl
Strawberry huller
Cutting board
Spoon
Pastry cutter
Cookie cutter if cutting out shapes
Small bowl
Pastry brush

🥫Storage

After it has cooled, cover the pie with either foil or plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for up to 3 days.

🔎Top tips

When cutting up the strawberries, if you see white inside of them, instead of pink and/or red, remove the white spots. The white has no flavor. You are looking for the pink and red areas inside of the berry.

Using a strawberry huller makes life so much easier! Once you start using it you will be wondering why you haven’t gotten one before!

If you haven’t invested in pie weights, I highly suggest that you do! These work great when it comes to holding your pie down when baking the crust.

❔FAQ

What’s the difference between a slab pie and a regular pie?

The difference is you can serve more people with a slab pie then a regular one.

📚History Behind the Recipe

We haven’t been able to really find the exact time when this type of pie was invented, however, I did find some trivia I thought you would enjoy.

Back in 1796, there were only three different types of sweet pies. Another cookbook, that was written around the later part of the 1800s, shows 8 sweet pies. And the Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking, in 1947, shows 65!

If you want to learn more about the history of pies, make sure to check out the article by Time Magazine.