Happy 4th of July! This week my inbox was flooded with recipes for foods in every shade of red, white, and blue, but one in particular caught my eye. It was a blueberry and strawberry rhubarb pie that resembled a flag. The recipe was from Tiny Pies in Austin. I adapted the recipe only slightly, using all strawberries instead of a mix of strawberries and rhubarb, because I couldn’t find rhubarb anywhere. It was fun to make, easy as pie really. 🙂
- I package refrigerated pie crust (2 crusts)
- Blueberry filling:
- 1-1/2 cups fresh blueberries
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- Pinch of ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- Strawberry filling:
- 4 cups strawberries, hulled and quartered
- Juice from ½ of an orange:
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- For blueberry filling: In a medium bowl, toss blueberries with lemon juice. In a small bowl, whisk together sugar, spices, and cornstarch. Add sugar mixture to blueberries and mix gently until thoroughly combined.
- For strawberry filling: In a medium bowl, combine strawberries and orange juice. In a small bowl, whisk together sugar, spices, and cornstarch. Add sugar mixture to strawberries and mix gently until thoroughly combined.
- Place one pie crust in a 9" pie pan. Add blueberry filling to left corner of pie, then add strawberry filling to remaining area. Cut stars out of half of the second pie crust using a small star cookie cutter, and cut free-hand wavy stripes out of the remaining pie crust. Place stars on top of blueberry filling, place stripes on top of strawberry filling.
- Bake until fruit is juicy and bubbling, and crust is light golden brown, about 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven and set aside to cool, allowing fruit juices to thicken.
Blueberry filling
Strawberry filling
I used pastry cutters to keep the filling in place, but it really wasn’t necessary
Stars and stripes
American Pie!
My lovely assistant
I also made some Rice Krispie Treats for the holiday:
See the red and blue cereal? That’s Fruity Pebbles. While I sat waiting for a batch of muffins the other morning, I sorted out blue and red ones for my special treats. Pretty sure I’m gonna want those 20 minutes back at the end of my life. Especially since my dog Jasper ate most of them off the counter when no one was looking. He apparently confused Rice Krispie Treats with Dog Treats. 🙂
Love the rice krispie treats!
Jasper is definitely getting ideas from Jack. At least they’re thoughtful enough to wait until we take a picture before stealing the goods!
You did indeed nail that pie! Next time I’m invited to a 4th of July get together, I am making this. And you quit telling tales on Jasper. He obviously thought they were for him since they were within his reach. He’s a good dog. He’d never do that otherwise. I think.