Blueberry pie recipe

Details

• Cuisine: American
• Recipe Type: Dessert
• Difficulty: Easy
• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Serves: 8

Step-by-step

1. If you want to use ready-made pie crust, feel free! Why exhaust yourself making pie dough? However, you should use fresh blueberries and real butter. If using ready-made pastry, cover a pie dish and blind-bake for 25 minutes.
2. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon. Blend in water and 225g/8oz blueberries. Bring to a boil and smash half the berries (a wooden spoon or an oldfashion potato masher does the trick).
3. Continue to stir constantly until mixture is very thick, a minute or so. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract, butter, lemon juice and lemon zest. You must let this cool before proceeding. If you're in a hurry, you can cool the filling quicker by submerging the bottom of the pan in a bowl of ice and water while stirring.
4. Fold in 375g/13oz blueberries, coating them well. Scoop into a cooled baked pie shell. Arrange remaining cup of fresh berries over top. Cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours, or overnight if possible.
5. To serve, remove pie from refrigerator and allow it to come to room temperature. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.