After my disappointing Semolina Bread and “meh” Hazelnut Biscotti, I’m a little bit over the moon about this pie!
In the past, I haven’t had the best of luck with pie crusts. Thankfully, Baking with Julia has tons of helpful description and tips for perfect crusts. Hurray! It’s hard to mess up with the directions are so clear. Right? (Kind of. Read on!)
The Blueberry Nectarine Pie calls for a half recipe of Flaky Pie Dough. I thought about making the full recipe to have extra dough, but since I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, I decided to stick with the half. I carefully measured the dry ingredients, added the cold butter and shortening, and was pleased with how it was coming together.
Looking good so far!
Then I poured in 1 cup of ice water. OH NO, 1 CUP OF ICE WATER! I had added the full amount of water to my half batch of dough. It looked like mush. I can’t even explain how mad I was at myself!
So I threw the bowl of mush in the fridge and proceeded to prepare the other half of the crust recipe. More flour, butter, shortening… Then I mixed it into the mush to form a dough that was correctly proportioned. I’m not sure how much damage the incident caused, but the dough looked okay in the end.
Then it was time to make the blueberry nectarine filling!
YUM! I love fresh blueberries, and these nectarines were pretty delicious also.
The filling came together really quickly and easily. I don’t think I’ve ever (I’m ashamed!) made a fruit pie, so I don’t have much to compare it to. This filling was delicious though, and I would totally eat it on its own! Maybe a spoonful on my morning yogurt or with ice cream for dessert.
Assembling the pie:
Assembling and baking the pie was easy. And the results? Great! I was very happy with this one! It tasted delicious and looked pretty good too. Despite the crust incident, I think this is the best crust I’ve made yet (which isn’t saying a hell of a lot, but it really is good!), and I’m kind of glad that I have another pie’s worth of dough in the freezer.
My cook book photo recreations:
Beautiful pro photos!
For the recipe and instructions, head over to Manchego’s Kitchen or That Skinny Chick Can Bake!
Your pie looks great! I have always had a fear of pie crust, but no more!
Beautiful! Don’t you love it when a recipe turns out the way it’s supposed to? I highly recommend making the full recipe of pie dough. It freezes well and it is really nice to have extra pie dough hanging around.
Looks like the end result was lovely! Delicious looking!!
The end result looks great despite the mishap. Delicious!
It happens to me each time I’ve split a recipe… unless I have the children out of the house!
Your pie looks delicious.
Your pie looks great! I added too much water at first too…had to add a little flour but thankfully it turned out ok :)
I’ve had some recipe-halving disasters, too. I’m glad you were able to salvage your dough – looks like it was no worse for wear, either, as your finished pie looks beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful! No evidence whatsoever of the near miss :-)
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