Sweet Summer!

 
 
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I am in love with stone fruits of any kind...Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, cherries...especially the White Nectarines, which are like sweet little balls of sunshine!  I never really get sick of eating them and wish we could enjoy them for more of the year.  Since the season is short, I try to take advantage of the yummy goodness in as many ways I can.  An old, but delicious, standby for many fruits is, of course, pie, and one of my favorite summer pies is Blueberry- Peach.  Here is a recipe for Blueberry-Peach Hand Pies.  Make a bunch and keep them in the freezer for those nights when the when the vanilla ice cream gets lonely!

Blueberry-Peach Hand Pie

Crust:

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour

  • 1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt

  • 1 tablespoon Sugar

  • 15 tablespoons chilled butter, 1/4 inch cubes

  • 1/3-1/2 cup ice water

Filling:

  • 1 pint fresh blueberries

  • 2 fresh peaches, peeled and chopped

  • 1/2 cup sugar

  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom

  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

  • 1 tablespoon all purpose flour

To make crust:

Whisk dry ingredients together in large bowl.  Sprinkle with butter cubes and gently work with fingers until the buttered flout mixture resembles breadcrumbs.  Drizzle with about 1/4 cup of the ice water and gently toss with a rubber spatula, adding water slowly until a soft dough forms.  If it is too wet, the dough will be gummy and if it is too dry it will be crumbly. The dough should come together in a round and be wrapped in plastic to chill in the refrigerator about and hour.

Filling:

Combine all the filling ingredients into a medium bowl and stir well to coat fruit with flour and sugar.  Set aside until ready to form pies.

Forming pies:

350 degree oven.

Divide the dough round into 8-10 equal pieces.  Roll each piece into a round about 1/4 inch thick.  Place some of the filling on on half of the round, leaving space around the edge to seal, and using a wet pastry brush, moisten the edge, fold the top over and seal.  Poke a few holes in the top with a pairing knife an place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough rounds and filling.  Brush tops with a wash of 1 egg and 1 tablespoon water, sprinkle with sugar and bake for  30 minutes or until the filling is bubbly and top is lightly browned.

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