January 24, 2008

"Frozen Berry" Pie

You can find frozen berries in bags in the freezer department at the grocery store. This is a nice recipe to use with frozen blueberries, or a mixture of frozen blueberries and wild berries. You can also use two frozen pastry pie shells (thaw and use one shell for the top of the pie.)
  • pastry for a double-crust pie
  • 4 cups frozen blueberries or wildberry mixture, thawed
  • 4 tsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry. Thaw berries. Toss with lemon juice. In a bowl, combine flour, cornstarch and sugar. Sprinkle 2 tbsp of the flour mixture over the pastry in the pie plate. Toss berries in the bowl with the rest of the flour mixture. Spoon the fruit into the pie, dot with butter, top with another round of pastry, seal and flute edges. Score top of pastry to allow steam to escape. Bake in 450 degree F oven for 15 minutes. Lower temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 minutes.