BLACK & BLUE PIE

BLACK & BLUE PIE image

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 9" double pie crust
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
4 cups fresh blueberries
1.5 cups fresh blackberries
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Steps:

Preheat oven to 450. Bottom pie crust in pie plate. Combine sugar, flour, cloves and nutmeg. Gently stir in the berries and vanilla until well coated, then pour into the bottom crust. Sprinkle with the lemon juice and dot with the butter. Put top crust on pie. Seal the crusts, then crimp the edges. Cut steam vents in the top with a knife. Cover the edge of the pie with a 2- to 3-inch wide strip of aluminum foil. Place in the oven and bake until the top turns golden, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove foil the last 10 mins of baking.