Blueberry Earl Grey Pie

An elegant take on a classic blueberry pie.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for ATK Essential members from The Perfect Pie

YIELD Serves 8

TIME 3 hours, plus 1 hour chilling, and 4 hours cooling

Blueberry Earl Grey Pie
The Perfect PieA cookbook recipe exclusively for ATK Essential members from The Perfect Pie

Why This Recipe Works

Gather Your Ingredients

Filling
Glaze

Key Equipment

Key Equipment - The Best Pie Plates
Key Equipment - All-Purpose Whisks

Before You Begin

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Use a spice grinder to grind the tea and tapioca. Use the large holes of a box grater to shred the apple. The method here produces a standard lattice top. The strips in the photo are 2 inches wide.

Instructions

1.

Roll 1 disk of dough into 12-inch circle on floured counter. Loosely roll dough around rolling pin and gently unroll it into 9-inch pie plate, letting excess dough hang over edge. Ease dough into plate by gently lifting edge of dough with your hand while pressing into plate bottom with your other hand. Leave any dough that overhangs plate in place. Wrap dough-lined plate loosely in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

2.

Roll other piece of dough into 13 by 10½-inch rectangle on floured counter, then transfer to parchment paper–lined rimmed baking sheet; cover loosely with plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

3.

Using pizza wheel, fluted pastry wheel, or paring knife, trim ¼ inch dough from long sides of rectangle, then cut lengthwise into eight 1¼-inch-wide strips. Cover loosely with plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.

4.

FOR THE FILLING: Place 3 cups blueberries in medium saucepan and set over medium heat. Using potato masher, mash blueberries several times to release juice. Continue to cook, stirring often and mashing occasionally, until about half of blueberries have broken down and mixture is thickened and reduced to 1½ cups, about 8 minutes; let cool slightly. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees.

5.

Whisk sugar, tapioca, tea, orange zest, and salt together in large bowl. Place shredded apple in clean dish towel and wring dry. Stir apple, remaining 3 cups blueberries, and cooked blueberries into sugar mixture. Spread mixture into dough-lined pie plate and scatter butter over top.

6.

Remove dough strips from refrigerator; if too stiff to be workable, let sit at room temperature until softened slightly but still very cold. Space 4 strips evenly across top of pie, parallel to counter edge. Fold back first and third strips almost completely. Lay 1 strip across pie, perpendicular to second and fourth strips, keeping it snug to folded edges of dough strips, then unfold first and third strips over top. Fold back second and fourth strips and add second perpendicular strip, keeping it snug to folded edge. Unfold second and fourth strips over top. Repeat weaving remaining strips evenly across pie, alternating between folding back first and third strips and second and fourth strips to create lattice pattern. Shift strips as needed so they are evenly spaced over top of pie. (If dough becomes too soft to work with, refrigerate pie and dough strips until firm.)

7.

Trim overhang to ½ inch beyond lip of plate. Pinch edges of bottom crust and lattice strips together firmly to seal. Tuck overhang under itself; folded edge should be flush with edge of plate. Crimp dough evenly around edge of plate. (If dough is very soft, refrigerate for 10 minutes before baking.) Brush surface with egg wash.

8.

Place pie on aluminum foil–lined rimmed baking sheet and bake until crust is light golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees, rotate sheet, and continue to bake until juices are bubbling and crust is deep golden brown, 30 to 50 minutes longer. Let pie cool on wire rack until filling has set, about 4 hours.

9.

FOR THE GLAZE: Once pie is cooled, combine milk and tea in bowl. Microwave until steaming, about 30 seconds. Let cool completely, about 10 minutes. Whisk sugar into milk mixture until smooth; let sit until thick but pourable, about 10 minutes. Drizzle glaze attractively over top of cooled pie. Let glaze set for 10 minutes before serving.

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