Blueberry pie is a
pie with a
blueberry filling. Blueberry pie is readily made because it does not require pitting or peeling of fruit. It usually has a top and bottom
crust. The top crust can be circular, but the pie can also have a crumble crust or no top crust. Blueberry pies are often eaten in the summertime when
blueberries are in season in the
Northern hemisphere
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.
History
Blueberries, both wild ('lowbush') and cultivated ('highbush'), are native to North America. Blueberry pie was first eaten by early American settlers and later the food spread to the rest of the world. A similar earlier pie from England are prepared with
bilberries which are known as European Blueberries . It remains a popular
dessert in the
United States
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and
Canada
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. Blueberry pie made with wild Maine blueberries is the official
state dessert of the U.S. state of
Maine
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.
Berry pie, including with blueberries, was documented as early as 1872 in the ''Appledore Cook Book''.
Ingredients
The typical primary ingredients for blueberry pie are rinsed and stemmed blueberries. The berries can be frozen or fresh. Other ingredients include
flour
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or instant
tapioca,
cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus ''Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, biscuits, b ...
,
nutmeg,
sugar
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,
vanilla and
butter
Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of Churning (butter), churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 81% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread (food ...
. Ingredients may vary, depending upon the recipe.
"Recipes"
Bauer, Elise. "Blueberry Pie Recipe , SimplyRecipes.com." Simply Recipes. N.p., 14 July 2009. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
Nutrients
A 100 gram reference serving of commercially prepared blueberry pie supplies 55 calorie
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s, and is 10% fat, 35% carbohydrate
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s, 2% protein
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, and 52% water (table). It contains 10% of the Daily Value in vitamin K
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, but otherwise contains no micronutrients in significant content.
Gallery
File:Blueberry pie graham crust.jpg, Blueberry pie in a graham cracker crust
File:Miniature blueberry pies.jpg, Miniature blueberry pies
See also
* List of pies, tarts and flans
References
{{American pies
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