Friday, August 10, 2012

Blueberry Pie

The wonderful thing about Norway is its vast forests and outdoors, and the specifically wonderful thing about Norwegian forests are the native blueberry bushes.


So yesterday morning Jess and I went for a little hike and picked blueberries along the trails for about two hours. Then we made this:


Here is how: Ingredients: water, vinegar, butter, flour, sugar, and berries of your choosing (preferable wild norwegian blueberries if you happen to have them on hand).


Mix 4 Tablespoons of water, 1.5 teaspoons of vinegar, and 200 grams of butter(approximately 1.5 cups) of soft butter in a large bowl. The key here is to let the butter soften- you can't go for any of that melted butter nonsense, as that just won't do. So you mix those and then add flour until you meet an almost crumbly consistency. You don't want it as soft as say a pizza or bread dough, but not so crumbly that it is too dry. You just kinda gotta wing this part. Then you let it cool in the fridge for a couple hours. Once cooled you roll it out and place in a pie tin. In another bowl mash the blueberries and mix in roughly a cup of sugar- really just until you like the sweetness of the berries.
We used the left over dough to make a cute little design on the top. Put it in the oven for 20-30 minutes then let it cool so that the berries don't run. And Voila!
I recommend a side of vanilla ice cream to go along as well.

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