Blueberry 05
A home-style Blueberry 05 made with Unbleached White Flour, Butter, and Salt. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.
Illustrative photo
Ingredients
- 10 cup
- 1 1/2 cup
- 2 tsp
Method (preview)
- 1
Take 8 (2) cups of the blueberries and mash them.
- 2
Place in a pot and bring to the barest simmer.
- 3
Simmer and reduce until they reach the consistency of tomato paste and allow to cool.
- 4
Add the salt to the flour, and cut the butter and lard into the flour (with the large amount, 2 knives works far better than a pastry blender, but such a tool would probably be fine with the small amount) until the mixture is like small peas or large BB's.
- 5
Add just enough water that the dough holds its shape when pressed together. Divide the dough into 2 balls and set one ball aside.
- 6
Roll out the first ball to slightly larger than the diameter of the pie dish and drape it in the dish.
- 7
Press down *gently* till the dough conforms to the shape of the dish.
- 8
Set the dish in the refrigerator.
- 9
Mix the remaining blueberries with the blueberry paste, stirring gently to avoid breaking up the whole berries but enough to mix the 2 parts well.
- 10
Roll out the second dough ball again to slightly larger than the diameter of the pie dish.
- 11
Spoon the blueberries into the pie dish and cover with the top crust, crimping the crusts together.
- 12
Prick the surface of the top crust with a fork several times, creating plenty of steam vents.
- 13
Preheat the oven to 425 F and bake the pie for 10 minutes at this temperature (no matter what the pie size).
- 14
Reduce the heat to 350
- 15
F and bake for 2-2 1/2 hours (30-40 min) more, until the crust is evenly medium brown.
- 16
Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- 17
This is important.
- 18
The flavor will much improve if you let it cool completely, then, if you want it warm, reheating it.
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