blueberry pie with goat cheese & basil

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Recipe by
David Henson
Iuka, IL

Inspired by a pie of the same name, served at a diner featured on the Food Network on tripple D

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Ingredients For blueberry pie with goat cheese & basil

  • CRUST
  • 2 c
    a p flour
  • 1/2-3/4 c
    cold margarine
  • 1 Tbsp
    sugar
  • 1 pinch
    butter, unsalted
  • a little
    cold water
  • FILLING
  • 1/2 c
    soft goat cheese
  • 1/2 c
    heavy cream
  • 1 lg
    egg
  • 1/2 c
    brown sugar
  • 1/4 c
    a p flour
  • 1 pinch
    salt
  • 1 Tbsp
    finely chopped fresh basil
  • 5 c
    fresh blueberries
  • TOPPING
  • 1 c
    scliced almonds
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1/3 c
    melted margarine

How To Make blueberry pie with goat cheese & basil

  • 1
    For the crust: Combine the flour, margarine, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Work with your fingers gathering and crumbling until you have a crumbly mixture, about the size of peas. In small amounts, slowly add cold water, gently incorporating by hand. As soon as the dough comes together in a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes
  • 2
    For the filling: Mix the goat cheese, heavy cream, egg, sugar, flour, salt and basil together in a bowl. Add the blueberries and mix to desired texture. For the topping: Mix the almonds, sugar and margarine in bowl, set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • 3
    Roll out the dough and place in a 10-inch pie pan. Pour the filling into the crust and sprinkle the topping over the top. Bake 25 minutes, rotating at the pie halfway through.

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