Friday, February 27, 2009

Lattice-Topped Blueberry Pie



Yield
8 servings
Ingredients
* Crust:
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
* 1/2 cup ice water
* 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 4 1/2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
* Cooking spray

Filling:
* 1 cup sugar, divided
* 3 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 6 cups fresh blueberries
* 1 1/2 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, melted
* 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract


Preparation
To prepare crust, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine 1/4 cup flour and ice water, stirring with a whisk until well-blended. Combine 1 1/4 cups flour, 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl; cut in shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add slurry; mix with a fork until flour mixture is moist. Gently press two-thirds of dough into a 4-inch circle on heavy-duty plastic wrap; cover with additional plastic wrap. Roll dough into a 12-inch circle. Press remaining dough into a 4-inch circle on heavy-duty plastic wrap; cover with additional plastic wrap. Roll dough into a 9-inch circle. Freeze both portions of dough 10 minutes. Working with larger portion of dough, remove 1 sheet of plastic wrap; fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Remove top sheet of plastic wrap.

To prepare the filling, combine 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar, cornstarch, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a bowl, and sprinkle over blueberries. Toss gently. Stir in butter and vanilla. Spoon blueberry mixture into crust.

Preheat oven to 375°.

Remove top sheet of plastic wrap from remaining dough. Cut dough into 6 (1 1/2-inch) strips. Gently remove dough strips from bottom sheet of plastic wrap; arrange in a lattice design over blueberry mixture. Seal dough strips to edge of crust. Place pie on a baking sheet covered with foil. Sprinkle lattice with 1 tablespoon sugar.

Bake at 375° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until crust is browned and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

Nutritional Information
Calories: 333 (24% from fat)
Fat: 8.9g (sat 2.9g,mono 2.7g,poly 2.2g)
Protein: 3.2g
Carbohydrate: 62.3g
Fiber: 3.6g
Cholesterol: 6mg
Iron: 1.3mg
Sodium: 139mg
Calcium: 11mg

source:
by: find.myrecipes.com
photo: Randy Mayor

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts with Thumbnails
 

SITE INFO

Blog Archive

BLOG STATISTIC

Recipe Blogs - BlogCatalog Blog Directory blog search directory Food & Drink Business Directory - BTS Local Food & Drink blogs Chefs Blogs Listed in LS Blogs the Blog Directory and Blog Search Engine Powered by  MyPagerank.Net Msn bot last visit powered by MyPagerank.Net Yahoo bot last visit powered by  Ybotvisit.com Add to Technorati Favorites