Good Blueberry Pie

There’s nothing fairly like a traditional blueberry pie, and we’ve obtained some secrets and techniques up our sleeves to make the proper slice. Our do-it-yourself crust makes use of a not-so-secret ingredient to create a melt-in-your-mouth crust each time. The juicy blueberry filling is the star of the present, however don’t fear, our methods will guarantee that juicy pie doesn’t get soggy. There’s no speeding the method, however belief us—the outcomes are value it. You’ll find yourself with a buttery, candy slice of pie that’s pure heaven in each chunk.

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I consider practically each event requires pie. Unhealthy day? Pie. Celebrating a vacation? Pie. A random Tuesday? Pie (and tacos as a result of why not?). We’ve taken steps to stop a standard pie-making frustration—soggy crust! Permitting the blueberries to sit down with sugar for an hour attracts out further liquid, so your pie is completely sliceable and mess-free. Get able to make a bakery-quality blueberry pie! Subsequent factor you already know, you’ll be successful a blue ribbon for it!

Ingredient Notes

• Blueberries: Be sure that to make use of recent blueberries for this recipe and never frozen as a result of frozen will comprise an excessive amount of liquid.
• Butter: Be sure to use salted butter and ensure the butter is actually chilly.
• Shortening: Be sure that your shortening is chilled earlier than mixing.
• Water: Use ice-cold or chilled water.
• Vodka: Use chilled vodka because it retains your dough flaky and simpler to re-roll as wanted.
• All-Objective Flour: Use both all-purpose or pastry flour. Bread flour can even work.
• Unsalted Butter: Preserve this butter chilly for a flaky crust! Slice it into small cubes to make incorporating simpler.
• Vegetable Shortening: Additionally must be chilly.
• Ice Water: Chilly water is vital right here to stop the fat from melting too quickly.
• Vodka: The “secret ingredient” that helps hold the crust tender! The alcohol prevents gluten improvement, so the crust stays tender and flaky. Don’t fear; the alcohol evaporates throughout baking.
• Contemporary Blueberries: Contemporary is greatest for the juiciest filling. If utilizing frozen blueberries, don’t thaw them earlier than including to the sugar, however improve the cornstarch by 1 tablespoon to offset the additional moisture.
• Cornstarch: That is what thickens the filling so don’t go away it out!
• Lemon Juice: Including this to berries helps deliver out a brighter taste within the berries. You received’t discover it’s there, however it makes a giant distinction.
• Egg White: Separate the yolk and flippantly beat the white with a fork or a whisk.

Vodka: The Secret Ingredient

Vodka is utilized in pie crust because it doesn’t contribute to the formation of gluten. This creates a pie dough that’s straightforward to roll out and re-roll if wanted and nonetheless seems completely mushy and flaky. The alcohol shortly burns off through the baking course of so there isn’t any alcohol taste and it’s completely secure for teenagers to devour. Equal elements vodka to chilled water create the perfect consequence. If you happen to nonetheless don’t wish to use vodka, merely change it with an equal quantity of further ice water.

Chilled Components Work Finest

Chilled elements have a number of advantages to creating the proper flaky pie crust. For starters, chilling permits moisture to unfold extra evenly all through the dough, making it smoother. It additionally retains bits of butter from being absorbed by the flour making extra flaky layers and permits the gluten strands to cool down making your dough simpler to roll after it’s chilled.

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