Old Glory Cherry-Blueberry Pie
- 5 cups fresh sweet, dark cherries, rinsed and pitted, or frozen pitted cherries (see notes)
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained, or frozen blueberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons butter or margarine, cut into small pieces
- Vanilla ice cream (optional)
- In a large bowl, mix cherries with 2 tablespoons lemon juice. In a smaller bowl, mix blueberries with remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Combine sugar and cornstarch; gently stir 1 cup of the mixture into cherries and 1/4 cup into blueberries.
- Spoon cherry mixture over 3/4 of the pastry in pan, leaving 1 quadrant free. Spoon blueberry mixture into unfilled area. Scatter butter evenly over fruit.
- Top filling with stars and stripes as directed for flag pastry. Set pie in a foil-lined 13- by 17-inch baking pan.
- Bake on the bottom rack of a 400u0b0 regular or convection oven until fruit is bubbling in the center and pastry is well browned, about 1 hour. If pastry edges brown too quickly (check after 40 minutes), cover loosely with foil.
- Let pie cool on a rack at least 3 hours; let stand at room temperature up to 8 hours. Cut into wedges and serve with ice cream, if desired.
- If using fresh cherries, buy about 1 3/4 pound; if using frozen, you'll need about 1 1/2 packages, 16 ounces each.
fresh sweet, lemon juice, fresh blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, butter, vanilla ice cream
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/old-glory-cherry-blueberry-pie (may not work)