Fraughan Pie (Irish Blueberry Pie)
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 pie
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
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PASTRY
- 4 ounces all-purpose flour (plus extra for rolling out)
- 2 ounces butter (plus extra for greasing)
- 1 -2 tablespoon cold water
- 1 pinch salt
- extra flour, for rolling out pastry dough
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FILLING
- 1 lb blueberries (fraughans)
- 4 ounces light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons clear honey
- 2 fluid ounces lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
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TO FINISH
- 1 egg, beaten
- caster sugar (superfine)
directions
- Pre heat the oven to 200 C, 400 F, gas mark 6; lightly grease a 10 inch ovenproof pie plate.
- To make the pasty: sieve the flour and salt together in a bowl, then rub in the butter to a breadcrumb consistency; gradually add enough water to bind the ingredients.
- Divide the pastry into two and on a lightly floured pastry board roll out both halves to 1/8 inch thick circles to fit the pie plate; place one circle onto the greased pie plate, prick with a fork and bake blind for about 10 minutes; remove from oven and allow to cool while you make the filling.
- To make the filling: combine all filling ingredients and check for sweetness, adding extra sugar if desired; pour filling on top of the cooked pastry; then cover the entire plate with the second circle of pastry and press the edges together; trim the edges then prick the top with a fork and brush with beaten egg.
- Place the pie back in the oven for about 20 minutes or golden brown; when cooked sprinkle with sugar and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
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Reviews
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I haven't made a pie from scratch in 25 years, but I had to try this recipe. Just pulled the finished product out of the oven and I am amazed at how well it turned out! The blueberries in California are at their peak, so I omitted the brown sugar - just used honey and a touch of vanilla. Even the piecrust behaved - a miracle. My husband will claim I was possessed by the Demon of Domesticity, but I'll say no, it was Mrs. B. Thanks!
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I'm so glad I picked this one. Blueberry anything is my Dh's favorite. He's a tough sell. He gave this 10 thumbs up (has nothing to do with my being all thumbs). I had never made a blueberry pie with brown sugar before, and was a curious; but the taste was heavenly. I did make a couple of changes though, 1st, I used a refrigerated roll out pie crust as I just can't make a decent crust. I also had to use frozen berries as the fresh were astronimically high, so I added a little cornstarch to take up the juice. I will be making this one with fresh berries when they are in season again. Thanks Mrs B for a great new favorite.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mrs B
Worcester Park, Surrey
I live with my husband and 2 cats in Worcester Park; a quiet typical 1930s suburb (which no one has ever heard of!) about 12 miles South West of London.
I'm a fair weather gardener and as my husband is a vegetarian I grow a few easy vegetables, such as tomatoes and peppers, mainly in containers. My husband loves growing flowers, the brighter the better, and we have a pretty garden as a result. Our cats, Araminta and Purrl, like it too!
I do a lot of cooking and try to keep our diet as healthy and varied as possible. Although I work full time, I use very little in the way of pre-prepared foods. This is partly because of the limited choice of vegetarian meals, which I think are overpriced anyway; but mainly because I like to know what goes in my food!
I love using the Internet for all the great ideas it gives me. Last year I participated in the Zaar World Tour (under my previous public name Caroline Blakey), which was great. Mr B and I tried lots of new foods and discovered new favourite meals. Researching recipes for the Tour was really interesting, however as I didn't have time to try them all, some were posted untested. I'm still working my way very slowly through them. To make matters worse I keep seeing other recipes I want to save and have also participated in Zaar world Tour II. So many recipes, so little time to make them!
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My 'rules' for posting recipes are a) if I wouldn't make a particular recipe, I won't post it and b) if my husband wouldn't eat it, I won't post it. This means that all my recipes are vegetarian friendly.
As you will see from the number of recipes saved in my cookbooks, I particularly enjoy making jams and chutneys; I'd say it was one of my favourite hobbies. We always have a good supply of home preserves; my friends and work colleagues are well supplied too.
If we won the lottery (say £5m, as a good number) we'd like to give up work, move to the country and buy a place with a bit of land. In my dreams this would be a manor house or old vicarage, with a walled garden, an orchard where I could keep hens, a vegetable garden, etc, etc, etc! In my more realistic moments (the £1m win perhaps) I would like to run a B&B, perhaps offering Vegetarian taster weekends. Luckily it costs nothing to dream.......I’d also love more time to read, do embroidery, learn a language, see more of the countryside; and of course play on Zaar.