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KNR, p. 295 “Blueberry Pie”

Here in the Eastern United States, the fresh blueberry season has come to a close, but if you’re an avid blueberry lover, you have plenty stockpiled in the freezer. Chin’s recipe takes advantage of the frozen blueberries available most of the year and is an easy go-to pie without a lot of fuss. Dress it up with ice cream (the photo shows Breyer’s Very Berry Cobbler ice cream) or whipped cream if you like, but nobody ever turned down his blueberry pie. I’ve even been known to have a slice for breakfast. Or as an afternoon snack with ice cream. It doesn’t last long at our house, and even better, nobody has keeled over yet after devouring a second helping. Enjoy!

Blueberry Pie

Chin Bawambi
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • pie crusts for lattice top pie
  • 5 cups frozen blueberries
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/3 cup real maple syrup

Instructions
 

  • Prepare bottom crust and lattice pie crust strips and set aside.
  • Place frozen blueberries in large bowl.
  • In separate bowl, mix flour and sea salt together.
  • Add flour mixture to blueberries and toss together until blueberries are well-coated.
  • Add maple syrup and toss again.
  • Evenly spread pie filling mixture in bottom pie crust.
  • Place lattice strips on top of pie filling and weave together in lattice pattern, leaving a one inch overhang at both ends of the strips.
  • Tuck each of the lattice strips overhang under the edge of the bottom crust and crimp to seal.
  • Place pie protectors around the edges to keep the crust from over-browning.
  • Bake at 375 on center oven rack for 60-70 minutes or until crust is golden brown and juice is bubbling.

Notes

Makes 9" lattice top blueberry pie.
We used amber maple syrup from northern New York.
Prep time listed does not include time for making the pie crusts.

 

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KNR, p. 197 “Blueberry Watermelon Smoothies”

 

Blueberries have been sighted at the store! Sheila and I both love anything made with them – muffins, jelly, jam, syrup, cookies, pancakes – you get the idea. We buy as many berries as we can while the crop is at its peak, then freeze most of them to save for later in the year. There’s a special shelf set aside in our freezer just for blueberries.

 

This year, we happened to buy a small watermelon during the same shopping trip, so this morning we made watermelon-blueberry smoothies for breakfast. Wow! They were great.

 

Here are two of our favorite fruit smoothie recipes:

 

Watermelon-Blueberry Smoothie (pictured above)

 

Ingredients

1 cup frozen blueberries

2  1/2  cups cubed seedless watermelon

1/2 cup watermelon juice

pinch sea salt

 

Preparation

Use 16 oz (or bigger) blender.

Make watermelon juice by squeezing/straining 1 cup cubed watermelon through a medium-mesh strainer held over measuring cup.  Makes 1/2 cup juice.

Add blueberries, 1  1/2 cups cubed watermelon, watermelon juice to the blender.

Add pinch of sea salt to blender.

Blend until smooth, about 1 minute.

Serves 1

 

Blueberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 cup frozen blueberries

6 oz. canned pineapple juice

1/2  cup water

Pinch sea salt

 

Preparation

Use 16 oz. blender (or bigger)

Add blueberries, pineapple juice, water, and sea salt to blender.

Blend until smooth, about 1 minute.

Serves 1

 

Variations:

 

Sheila adds 2 Tablespoons almond butter and a scoop of protein powder to her blueberry smoothies to change them to protein smoothies.

 

Whether you prefer plain or fancy, I can report that nobody in our house died drinking either kind.  😉  Enjoy!

 

Photos by Patti Phillips

 

 

 

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