Blueberry Pie
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 ounces unsalted butter, diced
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Pinch salt
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 egg mixed with 1 tablespoon water
- 2 quarts plus a little more firm, fresh blueberries
- 3 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup arrowroot
- 1 lemon, seeded and coarsely chopped in the food processor
- Vanilla ice cream for serving
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and place a sheet pan lined with aluminum foil beneath the rack where the pie will bake.
- To make the pastry, place the flour, butter, sugar and salt in a food processor and pulse briefly until the butter has been cut in coarsely.
- Add half the water and pulse, watching to see if the dough forms a ball.
- If not, add a little more water until it does.
- Too much water will make a heavy, gummy pastry.
- Too little will make a crumbly one.
- If the dough feels too wet, add a little more flour and pulse.
- If too dry, add a little more water.
- Pulse sparingly.
- On a floured board, cut the dough into two parts, one slightly larger.
- Roll out the smaller portion and place it neatly in a 9-inch deep-dish pie pan.
- Refrigerate the larger portion while you prepare the berries.
- To make the filling, pick over the berries, discarding green or bad ones, and remove any stems.
- Rinse the berries and drain.
- In a large bowl, mix the sugar and arrowroot.
- Add the berries and lemon and mix well.
- Mound the filling in the pastry shell.
- Roll out the remaining pastry into a large round.
- Brush the rim of the bottom shell with some of the egg mixture and carefully lay the large pastry round over the berries.
- Trim the edges, leaving a 3/4-inch overhang.
- Press the top and bottom pastry halves together to seal well.
- Fold excess top pastry under and crimp the edges.
- Cut 4 triangular holes near the top.
- (Do not cut along the sides or all the juices will leak out.)
- Brush with more of the egg mixture.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake 40 to 50 minutes longer, or until the top has browned and the juice has begun to spill out.
- Cool for about 1 hour so juices can settle.
- Serve with vanilla ice cream.
allpurpose, unsalted butter, sugar, salt, water, egg, blueberries, sugar, arrowroot, lemon, vanilla ice cream
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10918 (may not work)