Friday, June 29, 2012

Blueberry Pie

Crust:

2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon sugar
10 Tablespoon butter, frozen and cut into chunks
8 Tablespoons vegetable shortening frozen
1/3-1/2 cup ice water
Combine flour, salt, sugar, butter, and shortening.  Blend just until mixed.  Leave chunks of butter-mixture will not be uniform.  Stir in water little by little.   Dough should hold together and not be sticky.  Roll into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate 1/2 hour.
Filling:
3 pints blueberries, rinsed and drained.  1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 Tablespoons quick cooking tapioca
Mix all ingredients together and let stand 15 minutes.  Divide dough into 2 pieces.  Roll out and top with 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into small chunks. Add blueberry mixture and bake 400 20 minutes.  Turn heat down to 350 and bake till pie bubbles, approximately 40 minutes.

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