Gooseberry Pie

Ingredients

• 3 cups fresh gooseberries
• 2 cups white sugar , or to taste
• 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 1 package double-crust pie pastry , 14.1 ounce
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1.5 tablespoons white sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place a baking sheet on a lower oven rack.

2. 2

   Stem and rinse gooseberries.

3. 3

   Crush 1/2 cup berries in the bottom of a saucepan. Mix 2 cups sugar, tapioca, and salt together in a small bowl; pour over crushed berries and mix until combined. Turn the heat to medium; cook and stir until mixture boils. Cook for 2 more minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in remaining whole berries.

4. 4

   Press one pastry into a 9-inch pie pan. Pour in fruit filling, then cover with top pastry; cut slits to allow steam to escape. Brush top pastry with milk and sprinkle with 1 1/2 tabelspoons sugar.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven on the baking sheet until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, about 35 minutes.