Coffee Blueberry Pie
- Pastry
- 125 grams butter, chilled and cubed
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 2 cups flour
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 cup ice water
- Filling
- 1.1 pounds mascarpone
- 1/2 pound quark or ricotta
- 1/3 cup strong coffee/espresso
- 1/2 cup superfine sugar
- Blueberry Topping
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1/4 cup superfine sugar
- Place the butter, sugar and salt into a bowl and combine until well mixed. Rub in the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Add in the egg, egg yolk and ice water and combine until a dough forms.
- Knead on a floured surface and refrigerate for a minimum 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180u0b0C/350F and roll the refrigerated dough out and press into your pie dish. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Line with baking paper and fill with baking beans or rice and bake for 10 minutes or until the edges are golden. Remove the beans and paper and bake for a further 10 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool.
- Meanwhile, place the blueberries and sugar in a small pot on low heat and covered. Cook until soft, stirring intermittently, approximately 10 minutes. Set aside and leave covered.
- Place the mascarpone, quark, coffee and sugar in a bowl and combine until smooth.
- Spoon the coffee into the pastry base and even out. Lastly, spoon the blueberry topping over the creamy filling.
- Slice and serve.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/40333-coffee-blueberry-pie (may not work)