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Wild Blueberry Pie

MAKES 1
(9- /23- )

,
,
. If it’s mushy or jammy, I’m not happy. But give me a slice
of sweet berry pie, warm enough to slowly melt a scoop of Häagen-
Dazs and full of completely intact little blue orbs nestled in buttery

crust, and I’m a blissful girl.

All-Butter or Part-
Butter/Part-Shortening Easy
Pie Dough (page 19; or ¼ 1 batch
batch Quick Puff Pastry,
page 22)
blueberries 3 pints 1 kg

zest and juice of 1 lemon

sugar 1 cup 200 g
Clearjel (see Note) ¼ cup 40 g
vanilla extract 1 teaspoon 5 ml

nutmeg ½ teaspoon 1.5 g

salt pinch
Crust Dust (see Note, page 1 tablespoon 10 g
24)
unsalted butter, cut into tiny 2 tablespoons 28 g
pieces

egg wash (1 egg whisked with 2 tablespoons/30 ml water)
sanding sugar or turbinado sugar for sprinkling

1
. Divide the dough into halves and return one piece to the
refrigerator. Roll the remaining half into a circle approximately 11
inches (28 cm) in diameter, use it to line a 9-inch (23-cm) pie plate,
and chill it while you make the filling.