Catoctin Mountain Apricot Blueberry Pie Food

CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN APRICOT-BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Create your bottom crust and place in fridge to chill. In a large bowl, combine the apricots, blueberries, 2/3 cup of sugar, and the lemon juice. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes to juice. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and remaining sugar. Stir this mixture into the fruit. Turn the filling into the chilled pie crust. Top with either a full or lattice crust. Bake for 45 minutes (or until top is golden brown) at 350 degrees. Let cool for 2 hours before serving.

RUTH REICHL APRICOT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in the brown sugar. When melted, remove from the heat. Stir in the flour and nutmeg.
• Pile the apricots into the prepared piecrust. Spread the butter mixture on top, patting it all the way to the edges.
• Bake the pie in the bottom third of the oven for 10 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F. and bake 45 to 50 minutes longer, until the topping is golden brown and the apricots are very tender. Cover loosely with foil if the top is getting too brown. Let cool on a rack.

APPLE-BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425. Prepare pie crust as directed on package for one-crust filled pie using 9 inch pie pan.
• In large bowl, combine all filling ingredients; mix well. Set aside.
• Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In medium bowl, combine all topping ingredients; mix with fork until crumbly. Spoon fruit into crust-lined pan. Spoon topping evenly over fruit.
• Bake at 425 for 50-70 minutes or until apples are tender and edges are bubbly. Cover entire pie loosely with foil after 20 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Cool 2 hours. Serve warm or cold.

APRICOT-BLACKBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Place almonds in a food processor; pulse until finely ground. Add flour, sugar and salt; pulse until blended. Add butter and cream cheese; pulse until butter is the size of peas. While pulsing, gradually add buttermilk until mixture starts to form a ball. Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; cover and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., In a large bowl, whisk sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add apricots and berries; toss to coat. Let stand 10 minutes. Filling will be very juicy., Preheat oven to 425°. On a lightly floured surface, roll 1 disk of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate. Add filling. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; cut into strips about 1/2 in. wide. Arrange over filling in a lattice pattern. Trim and seal strips to edge of bottom crust; flute edge., In a small bowl, whisk egg with water. Brush over lattice strips; sprinkle with sugar. Bake 20 minutes., Reduce oven setting to 375°. Bake 45-50 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

BLUE MOUNTAIN BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Have an 8-inch double crust pie shell ready.
• Sort, rinse and drain blueberries.
• Sprinkle lemon juice over berries.
• Combine sugar, flour, lemon peel, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Toss this mixture gently with the blueberries to coat well.
• Put berry mixture into pie shell; dot with margarine. Place second crust on top of pie, seal edges and cut 3 slashes in top to allow steam to escape. Bake in preheated 450°F oven for 10 minutes.
• Lower heat to 350°F and continue baking 30-35 minutes more. Cool pie before slicing.
• NOTES : This is an old fashioned pie recipe that is juicy, fragrant and delicious. It is important to use the freshest blueberries you can find.