Mile High Blueberry Pie

Mile High Blueberry Pie
Combination Of Fresh And Cooked Blueberries!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Chilling Time: 4+ hours

Ingredients
Pillsbury ready made rolled pie dough
3 lbs fresh blueberries
1 1/2 cup super fine sugar
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 tbsp vanilla extract
zest of 1 lemon
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
whipped cream

Cooking Tools

Pie pan

Stock pot

Large mixing bowl

Blind baking beads

Directions

Preheat oven 350 Degrees F. Blind bake pie dough for 30 minutes until done.  Use baking beads so the center does not puff up.  In a stock pot, add; 1/2 of the blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, sugar, vanilla extract and lemon juice and mix over medium high heat until blueberries cooks and thickens. Remove from heat and chill until completely cooled and very thick. Fold in the rest of the fresh berries and lemon zest and place in cooled pie shell and chill pie. Serve pie with whipped cream.

Yields 1 pie

 

Lemon Ricotta Crostata

Lemon Ricotta Crostata
Topped With A Blueberry Sauce!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 50-60 minutes

Ingredients

1 box Pillsbury rolled pie dough (2)

1 1/2 cups whole milk ricotta

1 cup whipped cream cheese

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla bean extract

zest of 1 lemon

juice of half a lemon

1 egg 

Cooking Tools

2 small cast iron skillets

Medium mixing bowl

Medium saucepan

Hand mixer 

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. In a mixing bowl, whip together all the ingredients.
Line each cast iron pan with the rolled pie dough, trim off excess, leaving about inch over hang.  Pour evenly into the 2 prepared pie pans then fold over the inward and pinch. Use an egg wash ( 1 egg and some water then whisk) for the outer crust. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour. Cool to room temperature, pour Blueberry sauce (recipe below) in center, right before serving. 

Blueberry sauce

Ingredients

3 cups blueberries

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup blueberry jam 

Directions
On medium heat, in a saucepan add ingredients. Cook for 10 minutes, set aside to cool.

Serves 4