blueberry pie
{{short description|Baked pastry with fruit filling}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Blueberry pie
| image = File:Blueberry Pie with Almond Crumb Topping, May 2009.jpg
| image_size = 250px
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| country = United States, Canada
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| course = Dessert
| type = Pie
| served = Hot or cold
| main_ingredient = Blueberries, pie crust, sugar, corn starch
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{{nutritional value | name=Blueberry pie (commercial)
| kJ=232
| water=52.5 g
| protein=1.8 g
| fat=10 g
| carbs=35 g
| calcium_mg=8
| iron_mg=0.3
| magnesium_mg=5
| phosphorus_mg=23
| potassium_mg=50
| zinc_mg=0.16
| manganese_mg=0.18
| vitC_mg=3
| thiamin_mg=0.01
| riboflavin_mg=0.03
| niacin_mg=0.3
| pantothenic_mg=0.14
| vitB6_mg=0.04
| folate_ug=27
| vitA_ug=44
| vitE_mg=1
| vitK_ug=10.5
| source_usda = 1
| note=[https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172778/nutrients Link to USDA Database entry]
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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.{{cite web|title=Blueberry Pie Recipes|url=http://www.marthastewart.com/1062575/blueberry-pie|first1=Martha|last1=Stewart|date=12 March 2015|access-date=28 May 2015}}
History
Blueberries, both wild ('lowbush') and cultivated ('highbush'), are native to North America. Blueberry pie was first eaten by early American settlers{{cite book | last=Vear | first=B. | title=Ice Cream | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-4729-3318-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MaRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141 | access-date=April 5, 2019 | page=141}} 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 and Canada. Blueberry pie made with wild Maine blueberries is the official state dessert of the U.S. state of Maine.{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=It's the law: Whoopie pie official 'treat'|url=http://www.pressherald.com/news/Whoopie-pie-to-become-Maine-state-treat-.html|access-date=21 April 2011|newspaper=Portland Press Herald|date=21 April 2011}} Berry pie, including with blueberries, was documented as early as 1872 in the Appledore Cook Book.[http://www.newenglandrecipes.org/html/blueberry-pie.html "Blueberry Pie"]. New England Recipes. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2012.
Ingredients
The typical primary ingredients for blueberry pie are rinsed and stemmed blueberries. The berries can be frozen or fresh. Other ingredients include flour or instant tapioca, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, vanilla and butter. Ingredients may vary, depending upon the recipe. [http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/blueberry_pie. "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 calories, and is 10% fat, 35% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and 52% water (table). It contains 10% of the Daily Value in vitamin K, 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
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References
{{Commons category|Blueberry pies}}
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