Easy Keto Blueberry Pie Double Crust Food

KETO BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients and mix well. Chop the butter into small cubes.
• In a high speed blender or food processor, add all your ingredients and blend well, until a fine and crumbly texture remains.
• Form two smooth balls with the dough and cover them completely in plastic wrap. Refrigerate the dough for at least two hours.
• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Grease a 9-inch pie dish and set aside.
• In a small saucepan, add the blueberry filling into a small saucepan and place over low heat. Once it begins to simmer, gently stir it for 4-5 minutes, before removing it from the heat.
• Place the two balls of dough amongst two pieces of parchment paper. Roll out the dough, allowing one of them to be larger than the other. Place the larger of the two pieces of dough into the pie pan, allowing the sides to overhang. Fill the pie with the filling and spread it out until it is mostly even. Top with the second layer of dough, and crimp the sides. Brush with the egg wash.
• Place the pie in the oven and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until golden brown on top. Remove the pie from the oven and let it cool for several minutes, before serving.

EASY KETO BLUEBERRY PIE (DOUBLE CRUST)

Steps:

• In a medium-sized bowl combine the coconut flour and the almond flour and salt. Note if making the nut-free option use sunflower seed flour in place of the almond flour and set aside.
• Melt the unsalted butter and set aside
• To the dry ingredients add the melted butter and combine quickly.
• Next add the two whole eggs and combine.
• Melt the mozzarella cheese in the microwave for a total of 90 seconds stirring halfway through. Once it comes out of the microwave mix well until fully incorporated. You can also melt the mozzarella cheese in double boiler.
• Add the melted mozzarella cheese to the mixture and knead the dough with your hands until all the cheese is blended well into the pie dough. I recommend you do so between two sheets of parchment paper so that the dough doesn't stick to your hands. Alternatively, you can use a stand-up mixer with the dough hook
• Once the dough forms divide the dough in half to make the top and bottom of the pie crust.
• Place the pastry dough in the refrigerator to rest the dough and allow the dough to chill. This will make it easier to work with and will produce the flakiest crust.
• Roll out the chilled dough between two sheets of parchment paper for both the top and bottom of the crust and place back into the refrigerator for another 15 minutes to cool again and make it easier to roll the dough.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
• Transfer one of the rolled crust into a 9-inch pie pan. Being careful to smooth any cracks.
• After you have transferred the bottom crust to the pie pan. You can proceed to add the filling.
• Spread the cream cheese layer to the bottom of the crust being gentle as to not tear the bottom crust. It is key that the cream cheese not be cold otherwise it will not spread.
• Next add the blueberry filling
• Once you add the filling to the pie and the top crust
• Add 5 or 6 slits to the top of the pie to let the steam vent.
• Bake the pie for 25-20 minutes or until the topping is lightly brown.
• Allow the pie to fully cool before slicing.
• Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

DOUBLE CRUSTED BLUEBERRY PIE (DORIE GREENSPAN)

Steps:

• FOR THE PIE DOUGH: Put the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor fitted with a metal blade, pulse just to combine the ingredients. Drop in the butter and shortening and pulse only until the butter and shortening are cut into the flour. Don't overdo the mixing- what you're aiming for is to have some pieces the size of fat green peas and others the size of barley. Pulsing the machine on and off, gradually add about 6 tbsps of the water- add a little water and pulse once, add some more water, pulse again and keep going that way. Then use a few long pulses to get the water into the flour. If, after a dozen or so pulses, the dough doesn't look evenly moistened or form soft curds, pulse in as much of the remaining water as necessary, or even a few drops more, to get a dough that will stick together when pinched. Big pieces of butter are fine. Scrape the dough out of the bowl and onto a work surface.
• Divide the dough in half. Gather each half into a ball, flatten each ball into a disk and wrap each half in plastic. Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour before rolling (if your ingredients were very cold and you worked quickly, though, you might be able to roll the dough immediately: the dough should be as cold as if it had just come out of the fridge).
• To Roll Out the Dough: Have a buttered 9 inch pie plate at hand. You can roll the dough out onto a floured surface or between sheets of wax paper or plastic wrap or in a rolling slipcover. If you're working on a counter, turn the dough over frequently and keep the counter floured. If you are rolling between paper, plastic or in a slipcover, make sure to turn the dough over often and to life the paper, plastic, or cover frequently so that it doesn't roll into the dough and form creases. If you've got time, slide the rolled out dough into the fridge for about 20 minutes to rest and firm up.
• FOR THE PIE: Butter a 9-inch Pyrex pie plate. Working on a well-floured surface (or between wax paper or plastic wrap), roll out one piece of the dough to a thickness of about 1/8th inch. Fit the dough onto the buttered pie plate and trim the edges to a 1/2 inch overhang. Roll the other piece of dough into a 1/8 inch thick circle and place it on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a silicone mat. Cover both the circle and the pie plate with plastic wrap and refrigerate while you pre-heat the oven and prepare the filling.
• Getting Ready to Bake: Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and pre-heat the oven to 425°F.
• Put the berries in a large bowl and gently stir in the sugar, flour, salt, zest and juice; let sit for about 5 minutes. Taste the filling and add more sugar and/or lemon juice, if needed.
• Remove the pie shell and top crust from the refrigerator. Sprinkle an even layer of the breadcrumbs over the bottom of the shell. Give the filling a last stir and turn it into the crust.
• Using your fingertips, moisten the rim of the bottom crust with a little cold water. Center the top crust over the filling and gently press the top crust against the bottom. Either fold the overhang from the top crust under the bottom crust and crimp the edges attractively or press the top crust against the bottom crust and trim the overhang from both crusts even with the rim of the pie plate. If you've pressed and trimmed the crust, use the tines of a fork to press the two crusts together securely. Using a small, sharp knife, cut 4 slits in the top crust crust and cut a circle out of the center, then lift the plate onto the baking sheet. (If you have time, refrigerate the pie for about 30 minutes. The pie can also be wrapped airtight and frozen for up to 2 months. Glaze and sugar it before you put it in the over and add at least 15 minutes to the baking time).
• Brush the top crust with the egg wash, then sprinkle the crust with a little sugar, just to give it sparkle.
• Bake the pie for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 F, and bake the pie for another 30 minutes or so (total baking time is about an hour) or until the crust is a beautiful golden brown and the filling is bubbling up through the slits. If the crust seems to be browning too quickly, make a loose foil tent for the pie.
• Transfer the pie to a rack and let it cool and settle for at least 30 minutes before serving.