Oh my Blueberry Pie!

[tsubasahome]

Blueberry Pie from Baking Illustrated
Originally uploaded by tsubasa_ozora.rm

It's my first blueberry pie and I actually didn't screw it up! I used the Double Crust Blueberry Pie recipe from Baking Illustrated. It called for 6 cups of fresh blueberries, but I used 6 cups of thawed frozen wild blueberries instead. I knew I'd be in trouble if I left the berries frozen, considering how much juice they exude! I used potato starch as a thickener--it turned out very well. The pie was actually pretty firm, with just enough juice to seem natural. :D The pie took about 20 minutes longer than the cherry--I cut a nice vent hole in the top prior to baking so there was no mistake about the doneness of the pie.

Comments

[leene-chan.livejournal.com]

That's one nice-looking pie! Even though it had a little crack in the side of the top crust, it didn't blow up in the oven like the cherry pie (which was still mostly whole and very tasty).

All I did was brush on the egg wash. XD I don't think I'm capable of rolling out a pie crust!

[leene-chan.livejournal.com]

And remember: It's good for women to make pies.

[twotone]

Oh, what a lovely blueberry pie! It looks delicious!

[tsubasahome.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm actually surprised it turned out so well--I once tried to make a blueberry cobbler with the same frozen blueberries(unthawed, because that's what the recipe called for), and it was a disaster. It was so soupy that you could float toy boats in it.

Lauren really likes blueberries, and she was starting to think that she was the victim of anti-blueberry discrimination. I promised to make it up to her by baking blueberry everything this year.