I have been spending some time with cheap, in season blueberries. I have been eating them raw, making pie, making muffins, putting them in and on pancakes, waffles, ice cream. The blueberry has long been my favorite fruit. Here is a pie recipe that I have been working on. I was inspired by
this recipe, but it didn't quite cut it for me.
- 3/4 cup white sugar for 4 cups blueberries, add 1/8 cup if you go to 5 cup BB.
- 1 TBS cornstarch for each cup BB. Plus 1 tbs if you use a full cover in lieu of lattice top.
- 1/8 teaspoon salt for every 2 cups BB
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon for every cup BB
- 5+ cups fresh blueberries
- 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie. I use two Pillsbury refrigerated crusts (1 package). Make sure its fresh, only buy what you need at the time, this doesn't keep well. (My preferred pie pan is a 9.5 inch glass)
- 1 tablespoon butter (or a bit more)
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and cinnamon, (i use a sifter a couple of times to combine) and dump over blueberries. To combine dry mix a bb's, pour the mixture from bowl to bowl until all BB's are evenly coated.
- Line pie dish with one pie crust. Pour berry mixture into the crust and scrape the remaining goop out of your bowls onto the berries.
- Dot berries with butter.
- Cut remaining pastry into 1/2 - 3/4 inch wide strips, and make lattice top. Crimp and flute edges.(or cover with crust and add vents).
- Bake pie on middle shelf of oven for about 50 minutes covered loosely with foil
- Remove foil and cook until crust is brown and pie is bubbling throughout, about another 10-15 minutes.
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