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Nostalgic Thanksgiving with a  festive blueberry and strawberry pie recipe.  The living abroad homesick cure (or cure to pretty much anything else, yes I’m a doctor…).

Thanksgiving talk is for another time, this is all about pie.

Recipe: Blueberry and strawberry pie

Cooking: Prep – 20 minutes, Cooking 40-55 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup blueberries
• 700g strawberries (about 3 heaping cups halved)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg (optional for egg wash)

pastry:

• 1 cup butter
• 1.5 cups flour
• 1/2 cup icing sugar

Cooking:

• Pre-heat oven to 180˚C/375˚F
• Make bottom pastry dough  (see below) or use store-bought basic short crust or any crust you prefer.
• Roll out the bottom dough to fit into the pan and up the sides of the pan.
• Bake the pastry in the oven for 5-7 minutes or until a very light golden brown.
• While the crust is cooking cut strawberries in half.
• Add 1/2 cup of sugar to the berries, the juice of 1/2 lemon, and 2 tablespoons of flour, and toss lightly.
• Let pastry cool for a minute or two and place the strawberry blueberry mix into the pan just below the edges of the side, drizzle softly melted butter throughout the top of the pie.
• Roll out the other top pastry dough (see below) and place it on top.  If it’s fragile you can place pieces over most of the pie.
• If there are no holes (because you are a perfect pastry roller) slice a few into the top pastry for the pie to breathe while cooking.
• Egg wash the pastry by cracking and beating an egg, using a brush to thinly coat the top pastry with wash.
• Cook for 30 minutes on the bottom rack and another 15 – 20 minutes on the top, or until golden brown.
• Let cool for 30 minutes.

pastry:

• Bottom pastry: Cut softened room temperature butter into small cubes, add 1/2 cup of butter and 1 cup of flour and mix gently.  Once the dough starts to pull together add 1 cold tablespoon of water, which should make the dough more pliable.   If it’s still too crumbly you can add a drop more water until it’s a bit more sticky but should not be sticking to your hands.
• Top pastry: Same method as above except use 1/2 cup of flour and 1/2 cup of icing sugar instead of 1 cup of flour.   This dough will be slightly easier to maneuver.

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