Blueberry pie

Blueberry pie recipe

When you’ve got the best blueberry pie recipe, you need to make blueberry pie! The sweet and slightly tart filling has pops of juicy blueberries, encased in a buttery and tender pastry. Blueberry pie is as delicious warm as it is cold or at room temperature, making it the perfect dessert or afternoon tea year round. Unlike other fruit pies, you don’t have to slice or pre-cook the blueberries – just place them in the pie and cook it together with the pastry in the oven. This recipe also shows you how to make your own pie pastry and it is actually easier than you think!

How to make a great blueberry pie filling and pastry

Here are some tips for making your blueberry pie:

• For the filling, smash a few berries when mixing all the filling ingredients so that the dry ingredients get moistened and mixed together well. 

• Can you use frozen blueberries in pie? Absolutely! In this case, add the berries to the pie still frozen and cook the pie in the oven for about 5 minutes more. Alternatively, cook the filling separately to make sure it isn’t too runny before adding it to the pastry case, since frozen berries can hold more liquid than fresh berries.

• Before laying the lattice pattern with the pastry dough on top of the filling, dot butter on top of the blueberry filling to enrich it as it cooks.

• To roll out the pastry, divide the dough in half. Sprinkle flour on a rolling pin. Place one half of the dough on a work surface that’s been lightly dusted with flour. Start to roll the pastry from the centre, rolling the pastry outward to stretch it. Continually turn the dough a quarter turn as you are rolling the pastry into a 30cm circle.

• Place a baking tray lined with baking paper on the oven rack below the pie, so that any overflowing juice doesn’t spill into your oven.

• If the edges of your pie are browning too quickly, cover them with pieces of foil.

Serving this recipe for blueberry pie

Once cooked, cool the pie for at least 4 hours at room temperature to allow the filling to set. If you slice it early, the filling will remain quite syrupy in consistency. After the pie has cooled completely, chill it in the fridge. Cold blueberry pie is a refreshing treat, but bring to room temperature or warm in a low oven if you prefer. Serve your slice of pie with ice cream, whipped cream, pouring cream, custard, vanilla bean anglaise, Greek yoghurt or chopped nuts. Take it along as a sweet treat for a picnic, BBQ, potluck, or as an impressive dessert for festive celebrations and entertaining guests.

Love this recipe?

Bring smiles all around with this gorgeous blueberry pie recipe, following the tips above to nail it every time. Want to practise your pastry skills with other dessert pies? Try these recipes for classic apple pie, pecan pie and pumpkin pie with ginger pastry.