Black and Blue Summer Pie
I
am not much of a blueberry person. In
fact, I’m not much of a pie person, especially fruit pies. However, my friends and family love a good
pie, so I try to make any pie so that even I will like it. I saw a few recipes for blueberry pie but I
wanted a more natural sweetness without adding tons of white sugar. So I played around and added blackberries and
it hit the spot!
If
you are feeling ambitious, you can make your own pie crust or use a ready-made
crust in the refrigerated section of your grocer. Just follow the instructions beginning with
par-baking and you are set. Although I
definitely have to recommend a homemade crust if you can do it. You can’t beat a buttery, flaky homemade
pasty!
This
pie just SCREAMS summer and will totally be worth that hour or so that your
oven is blazing in 90 degree heat, I swear!
Black & Blue Pie
Ingredients:
CRUST:
1
¼ cup flour
2
tsp sugar
½
tsp salt
¼
tsp cinnamon
1
stick cold butter cut in small cubes
1/8
– ¼ cup ice cold water
FILLING:
2
pints of blueberries
2
pints of blackberries
2/3
cup of sugar
Zest
and juice from ½ lemon
½
tsp cinnamon
Tsp
vanilla
6
TGSP cornstarch
TOPPING:
½
cup melted butter
¾
cup sugar
Tsp
vanilla
1
cup flour
Tsp
baking powder
Pinch
of salt
Method:
Make
the crust first – In a food processor add flour, sugar, salt and cinnamon and
pulse until combined. Add the cold
butter and pulse until a coarse crumb forms.
Slowly add the ice water until the dough forms a ball. Turn out onto a floured surface, pat into a
thick disc shape, careful not to handle with your hands too much and warm the
dough up. Cover tightly with plastic
wrap and chill in the refrigeration for at least 1 hour but no longer than
overnight.
Make
the filling – Combine all of the berries, lemon zest/juice, sugar, vanilla,
cornstarch and cinnamon in a bowl. Toss
gently until berries are coated in sugary mixture.
Make
the topping – In a microwave safe bowl, microwave a half stick of butter until
melted. Add flour, sugar, salt, baking
powder and vanilla. Mix to combine. It will look like a wet pie crust dough. Its totally OK and just set it aside and bear
with me, I promise it works out!
Take
the chilled pie crust out and turn onto a floured surface. Roll until about 12 inches in diameter for a
9 inch pie plate. Place the pie crust in
the pie plate. Cut off excess edges so
that about 2 inches remain around the pie plate. Tuck the edges in under themselves and pinch
for a decorative border. Stab the bottom
of the crust with a fork in a few spots and place in a 400 degree oven for
about 10-15 minutes. You don’t want to
completely bake the crust, just give it a little help.
Reduce
oven heat to 375 degrees and remove par-baked pie crust. Place berries into crust, spreading evenly. Crumble the topping all over the berry
mixture. Place strips of foil around the
perimeter of the crust. Bake pie for
20-25 minutes, removing foil after 20 minutes.
Pie will bake about another 10 minutes or until you see the fruit
filling start to bubble up over the topping.
Remove
from oven and cool completely to give the filling a chance to set.
I served my pie with a dollop of freshly made whipped cream and a cinnamon and sugar sprinkle.
Krissi Biasiello is a native of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cooking since she was a little girl with her large Italian family, she decided to leave her paralegal job and shoot for the stars on FOX’s cooking competition show, MasterChef. She beat out 43,000 homecooks across America and came in 4th place. Under the scrutiny of Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and Joe Bastianich, Krissi has made her mark in the culinary world. She now shares her recipes with all of you! Her rustic, homestyle take on everything will win you over and will definitely “get your asses in the kitchen”.
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