Best Blueberry Pie is a crowd pleaser. Once you try this recipe, oh boy! you will get hooked. It truly melts in your mouth and the taste is totally amazing and addictive. The filling is adapted from a recipe that my friend Cristina’s mother in law, Marisita, gave me a few months ago. I first tried it at Cristina’s last year birthday celebration where she brought her blueberry pie as a present. I had the privilege of getting a slice and it was absolutely delicious. Later on, Marisita was kind enough to send me her recipe, which I only changed by adding 1 more tbsp cornstarch and butter. Her recipe was inspired by a recipe she found in Marta Sgubin’s cookbook, Cooking for Madam-Recipes and Reminiscences from the home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Marisita is a classy and fun mother of three and grandma to four, who has been very active in philanthropy throughout her life. A few years ago she founded “Ciudadanos Pro-Defensa de la Belleza de Puerto Rico” (Citizens that protect the beauty of Puerto Rico), a non-profit organization which promotes education and taking action in keeping our resources clean and public spaces without litter. Also, to create awareness of being proud of the beauty of our island and be responsible citizens by doing our part in keeping it that way.
Is it me, or can you also imagine a chorus of people saying “thank you for sharing Marisita” after they try this recipe, because it is truly the BEST BLUEBERRY PIE!
Enjoy!
Best Blueberry Pie
Ingredients
Sweet Pie Dough Recipe or store bought pie crusts
Filling
1 cup of sugar
4 tablespoons of cornstarch
1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
4 cups of fresh blueberries
1/4 stick (2 tbsp) butter, cut into small pieces (a bit more for greasing pie dish)
Procedure
1. Make Sweet Pie Dough recipe and roll out half to line 9 inch glass greased pie dish (keep cold). It has to be a glass or ceramic pie dish, not metal or foil.
2. Preheat oven at 375ºF (for about half hour before baking). Mix together sugar, cornstarch and nutmeg. Sprinkle over blueberries and toss until the dry ingredients are evenly distributed. Spoon the filling into the pastry lined pan. Dot with pieces of butter.
3. Roll out remaining pastry (over plastic wrap to handle easier) to cover top of pie (cut with a round serving plate about 11 inches in diameter). Moisten edges with water to seal crusts together and shape rims. Make small hole in middle and slits around to vent. If you choose to use store bought pie crust, follow manufacturer instructions. Bake in lower third of rack (one under middle rack) over a rimmed baking sheet until deep golden for approximately 1 hour. Check occasionally that the rims don’t burn. Once the rims have reached the desired color cover loosely with paper foil strips so that they don’t burn. Let cool to room temperature and serve. Do not serve hot because it will be too runny.
