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Monday, June 27, 2011

Blueberry Pie


A Father's Day request by DH (a terrific dad to our children) and beautiful blueberries at the farmer's market meant just one thing -- a homemade blueberry pie for dessert last Sunday.


Determined to find a recipe on a hand-written card, I went through hundreds in my collection and turned up NONE!  I came to realize that blueberry pies are so simple, that no one bothered to record the recipe; to those housewives in the first half of the 20th century, it would be akin  writing instructions for boiling water. So I did what any self-respecting c. 1940s housewife would do -- I used common sense and put together a delicious pie.


I used my go-to crust (2.5 c. flour, one tsp. each salt and sugar, one stick of butter and 6 tbsp. of leaf lard, and about five tbsp. ice water) and rolled out the dough for an eight-inch pie.  I rinsed the blueberries, put them in a bowl and coated them with a bit of flour.  I added some sugar, maybe 3/4 cup, some tapioca for good measure (perhaps about 2 tbsp.), squeezed a lemon over the berries and placed in the unbaked pie crust.  For good measure, I dotted the pie with a generous amount of unsalted butter.



Let's just say that this was so good, that in some ways I'd wished I'd recorded the recipe exactly.  However, I do like being part of the tradition that embraces the notion that making pie is as easy as pie and baking is indeed an art sometimes (and not a science).  And the good news for my readers is, if I can do it, you can too!


8 comments:

  1. loved this pie!! and the crust was to die for...

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  2. @Paul--Thanks, as always.
    @Rondache_warrior -- Funny! Thanks for your comment and all the way from Thailand!

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  3. Thank you for your delicious recipes!

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  4. Este blog específico excelente é significativo e gratificante certo. Eu sou um amante maciça dos temas discorriam.

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  5. i love pie cake specially this one the blueberry pie

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  6. This pie looks delicious, I hope it tastes the same.

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