Fresh Double Berry Pie - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1 pie crust, for a 9 inch pie rolled out and ready to bake
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, rinsed and dried
16 -24 medium strawberries, hulled,rinsed and dried
3/4 cup water
3 tablespoons cornstarch, disolved in
3 tablespoons of cold water
3/4 cup sugar (or more depending on sweetness of berries)
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 pinch salt
Preparation
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preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
for at-least 20 minutes.
Line crust with parchment, fill with dried beans or rice.
Bake for 20 mins.
Remove from oven, remove parchment/beans, prick bottom with fork, return to oven and bake until golden brown.
Remove from oven let cool on rack for 2 mins.
Brush entire crust with egg white while still hot.
Place blueberries in a medium saucepan with 3/4 cup water, cover and bring to a boil.
When water and blueberries come to a boil, lower the heat to simmer and stir constatly for 3-4 minutes until the berries start to burst and the juices start to thicken.
While still stirring slowly add the cornstarch, sugar, lemonjuice and salt.
Simmer for a minute or so until the mixture becomes translucent.
Remove from heat Spoon about 1/2 the mixture into the pie crust.
Dip each strawberry into the remaining mixture and arrange neatly in pie large side down.
Any remaining blueberry mixture over strawberry's Let sit at room temperature for atleast 2 hrs before serving with whipped cream.
Store at room temperature for 2 days.
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