Single Serving Deep Dish Blueberry Pie Food

FRESH BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400˚ F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Mix the blueberries, 1/2 cup of sugar, the flour, lemon zest, lemon juice and Cassis in a large bowl. Carefully ease one pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate, making sure not to stretch the dough or it will shrink as the pie bakes. With a sharp knife, cut the excess dough off at the edge of the pie plate. Spoon the blueberry mixture into the pie shell, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula to be sure you include all the juices.
• Brush the edge of the crust with the egg wash. Carefully lay the second crust on top, again easing - not stretching - it onto the pie. Cut the excess dough off at the edge of the pie plate. Press the edges together with a dinner fork or crimp with your fingers. Brush the top crust with the egg wash, cut three slits for steam to escape and sprinkle with sugar.
• Place the pie on the prepared sheet pan and bake in the middle of the oven for 45 to 50 minutes, until the filling is very bubbly and the crust is nicely browned. Allow to cool and serve warm or at room temperature.
• Cut the butter in 1/2-inch dice and return it to the refrigerator while you prepare the flour mixture. Place the flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade and pulse a few times to mix. Add the butter and shortening and pulse 10 to 12 times, until the butter is the size of peas. With the machine running, pour the ice water down the feed tube and pulse the machine until the dough begins to form a ball. Dump the dough out on a floured board and turn it into a ball. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Cut the dough in half. Roll each piece out on a well-floured board into a 12- to 13-inch circle, rolling from the center to the edge, turning and flouring the dough to make sure it doesn't stick to the board.

SINGLE SERVING DEEP DISH BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• To prepare crust:.
• In a bowl, combine flour and salt.
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Gradually stir in water until mixtre forms a ball.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 40 minutes.
• To prepare filling:.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Lightly spray a 7 oz. baking custard cup with cooking spray.
• Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon in a small bowl and then sprinkle over blueberries.
• Remove dough from refrigerator and roll out to a circle.
• Press dough into custard cup, covering the entire bottom and sides of the cup.
• Reserve about a tablespoon of dough for the top of the pie.
• Pour blueberry mixture into custard cup and dot the top of the pie with cut up butter.
• Roll out remaining dough and use a cookie cutter such as a star, to cut out the pie top.
• Place dough star on the top of the pie.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

DEEP DISH BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• To make the crust: Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Add butter and shortening pieces and mix until the pastry clumps together the size of hazelnuts. Add the water a little at a time until the mixture just holds together. Do not overmix. Remove dough to a floured board. Shape the mass into a disk, wrap with plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• To make the filling: Combine all ingredients except the butter in a large bowl. Transfer mixture to a 9 by 2 inch deep- dish pie pan. Dot with the butter. Roll the dough out to 1-inch larger than the baking dish. Top berries in casserole with the dough. Flute the edges of the dough and cut several slits in the dough to allow steam to escape. Brush with the eggwash.
• Bake the pie on a parchment covered sheet pan for 10 minutes, lower the heat to 375 degrees and cook and additional 40 to 50 minutes, or until crust is browned. Let cool slightly, serve warm or room temperature.

DEEP DISH BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Special Equipment:
• One -9 1/2 inch deep dish pie with a 6 cup capacity. Small decorative cookie cutters (optional).
• Put a large baking sheet with sides on the middle oven rack and preheat in a 425'F.
• Whisk together the brown sugar and tapioca and toss with the blueberries and lemon juice in a large bowl. Set aside.
• I made two separate cream cheese pie crusts for this pie.
• Once you make one crust, put it into the fridge in a plastic bag right after you make it.
• Roll out the second pie crust you've made and put it into your deep dish pie plate. Trim the edges leaving a 1/2 inch over hang on the sides. Put this in the fridge to chill. This will prevent shrinkage. Put it into the fridge to chill.
• Get the first pie crust that you put into the fridge and roll it out. Now you could cut shapes out of the top of the crust and then lay the crust on top of the pie, but I didn't do this, I just used a full sized top crust. I have one of those black birds that you put in the middle of your pie for a steam vent.
• Get the chilled crust that is in your pie plate out of the fridge and put all the blueberry filling including the juice into the bottom crust. Dot it with the butter.
• Cover with the top crust and trim it to 1/2 inch over the edge of the pie. Then tuck it under the bottom crust over hang and flute the edges.
• I like to use the thumb and finger flute method, as it is really pretty. Brush the top of the pie with your egg/water wash.
• Sprinkle with some sanding sugar if you wish.
• Bake the pie in your hot oven for 30 minutes. Keep an eye on it, I noticed the edges of my top crust browned before 30 minutes so I put a metal pie-edge ring on my pie to prevent it from getting any browner.
• After 30 minutes is up turn the heat down to 375'F and continue to bake for another 45-50 minutes. The crust should be golden and the filling hot and bubbling at this point.
• When done, cool on a metal rack, about 4 hours if you can wait that long. If you don't the pie filling will be runny.
• Serve up with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
• Bon Appetit.

DEEP DISH BLUEBERRY PIE!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Place rack in lower third of oven.
• Another rack below it with a cookie sheet covered with foil to catch any drippings.
• Place one crust in a deep pie dish.
• In a blender blend sugar lavender, vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom till fine.
• Mix in flour.
• In a large bowl place blueberries toss with lemon juice.
• Toss is sugar/flour mixture.
• Pile blueberries in the pie dish, pack them inches.
• Top with any remaining sugar/flour mixture.
• Dot with butter.
• Top with second pie crust.
• Sealing it and adding vents as desired.
• Brush with water.
• Then sprinkle sugar and or cinnamon on top.
• Bake for 20 minutes lower heat to 325 and bake for 35-45 minutes.