Finnish Bilberry Pie With Cardamom Cake Crust – Mustikkapiirakka kardemummalla

This is a straightforward and fast recipe from Finland for bilberries. You can also use blueberries. Cardamon in the cake crust makes this recipe unique. Cardamon and Bilberry work well together.

for a round 26-28 cm pie dish

100 g of soft butter or margarine
1 dl of fine sugar
1 tsp of cardamom
2 tsp of vanilla sugar
1 large egg
2.5 dl of semi-coarse wheat flour
1 tsp of baking powder
1 dl of milk

Topping: 2 dl of frozen or fresh bilberries

  1. Whisk the soft butter, sugar, cardamom, and vanilla sugar into a foam.
  2. Add the egg and whisk the ingredients thoroughly.
  3. Mix the wheat flour (gluten-free flour mix) and baking powder together. Add the flour mix alternately with the milk/cream to the dough mixture. Stir the ingredients only until the flour is mixed into the dough.
  4. Grease (or line with parchment paper) the pie dish. Pour the dough into the dish and smooth the surface with a spatula.
  5. Sprinkle 2 dl of frozen or fresh bilberries on top.
  6. Bake in the middle of the oven at 200 degrees Celsius for about 20-25 minutes, using both upper and lower heat. My pie was ready in 20 minutes. (Insert a cocktail stick into a part without blueberries; if the stick comes out clean, the pie is ready).

TIP: This tastes really good with vanilla ice cream or vanilla sauce.


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