When it comes to baking, my mother doesn't mess around. And one of the things she bakes best is blueberry pie. Unfortunately, she only bakes it once or twice a year because she refuses to make it when blueberries are out of season (like I said, she doesn't mess around). For those of you that don't know, blueberries are only in season during the sweltering summer months and hence, she only makes blueberry pie once or twice a summer. As such, when I think of summer, I think of blueberry pie.
Having spent the past few summer's 3,000 miles away in the land of eternal fog, I've really been craving some blueberry pie (thinking about it just makes me homesick). Anyhow, this year I've finally taken it upon myself to do something about this. I got my mother to send me the recipe and made this killer pie myself. Problem solved.
Having spent the past few summer's 3,000 miles away in the land of eternal fog, I've really been craving some blueberry pie (thinking about it just makes me homesick). Anyhow, this year I've finally taken it upon myself to do something about this. I got my mother to send me the recipe and made this killer pie myself. Problem solved.
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For the crust:
2 cups flours
2 sticks cold butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup ice water
For the filling:
6 cups of blueberries (3 large pints)
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar (give or take)
A pinch brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/8 teaspoon salt
For the topping:
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour plus a little
1 stick cold butter
a pinch of cinnamon
Tools:
Pie tin
2-3 mixing bowls
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Forks, spoons, butter knives
Mixing Spoons
Cutting knives
Pastry blender
Rolling pin
Colander
Grater
Aluminum foil
Plastic wrap
For the crust:
2 cups flours
2 sticks cold butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup ice water
For the filling:
6 cups of blueberries (3 large pints)
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar (give or take)
A pinch brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/8 teaspoon salt
For the topping:
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour plus a little
1 stick cold butter
a pinch of cinnamon
Tools:
Pie tin
2-3 mixing bowls
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Forks, spoons, butter knives
Mixing Spoons
Cutting knives
Pastry blender
Rolling pin
Colander
Grater
Aluminum foil
Plastic wrap
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After removing the Aluminium foil, the filling and toping were like swimming in fat (from the butter?). I don't know, what i did wrong. Maybe because i used frozen blueberries?
Or is german butter different? :D
But the baking after removing of the aluminium foil saved the pie, it takes good, just looks a bit weird.
I prefer to use frozen when I make blueberry jam as the flavour is much more intense. I keep the frozen berries in the freezer for several months so they can accumulate a nice bit of ice in the bag. Then I take the frozen berries out of the bag, knock any ice off them, and put them back in the freezer on a tray (not in the bag) for a day or two or three. Then I make the jam.
I will try the same method for the berries for this pie.
Your mamma must be proud of you! Very nice instructable too. Fave'd.
In the US of A they like their extra packaging. Instead of the grease proof paper or recycled thin foil theirs often comes in a cardboard box with 4 equal "sticks" of butter (1/4 lb) Imagine if you will your regular pound of butter unwrapped standing on end so it's taller rather than wider. Now if you were to cut it twice in a cross so that you have four long sticks of butter.
The purpose is so that it fit's nicely on a butter tray. Each lb has 4 sticks. They also measure it that way in recipes. We Canadians have markings on the outside of the package to denote measurements so we can cut just the right amount for a recipe.
GREAT looking pie! I just wish it was cool enough in my part of New Mexico to grow blueberries.
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