Blueberry Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb is another veggie that makes me think of summertime. I’ve mentioned this before, but growing up, I wouldn’t touch it. My dad absolutely loves it. He makes rhubarb rolls fairly often and the first time I remember enjoying them was when I made them for Hubby last year. Another indication of how my tastes have changed as I grow older…

Even though rhubarb is in fact a veggie, I always think of desserts when I think rhubarb. There’s just something about the tartness of the rhubarb that makes desserts so great.

So when I got a ton of rhubarb from my coworker, I started looking for recipes to make with it. I was trying so hard to find a savory treat, but just kept going back to this pie.

Hubby’s favorite pie of all time is blueberry pie and I was intrigued by the combination of a blueberry-rhubarb pie. We all know rhubarb is usually paired with strawberries or even raspberries, but this combination is just as good if not better. Hubby said it was like a tart blueberry pie.

As you can probably tell from the pictures, we enjoyed this pie at a friend’s house. A weekend at the Cape with great friends and a summery pie is as close to perfect as it gets! And, if you go blueberry picking like we did, be sure to freeze some berries for delicious treats all year! I just throw clean berries on a baking sheet and pop them in the freezer. Once frozen, throw the berries in a ziplock bag.

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Blueberry Rhubarb Pie

Yield: 8

Ingredients:

3 cups diced rhubarb
2 cups fresh blueberries
1 pinch salt
1/8 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
juice from 1/2 lemon
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1 double pie crust
2 Tbsp butter, cut up
Decorating sugar

Directions:

Preheat an oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Toss the rhubarb and blueberries in a bowl with the salt, nutmeg, lemon juice, sugar, and cornstarch until evenly mixed.

Pour into the pie shell and dot with butter. Cover the filled crust with the top crust and flute the edges. Cut a few decorative steam vents in the top crust. Sprinkle the crust with decorating sugar; cover the fluted edges with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning. Place the pie tin on the prepared baking sheet.

Bake for 15 minutes then reduce the heat to 350 and bake 35 minutes longer.

Remove the foil and bake until the crust is golden and juice is bubbling through the slits, about 15 minutes more. Cool completely before serving.

Recipe adapted from AllRecipes.com

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12 Responses to “Strawberry and Beer Sorbet”

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    tracy {pale yellow} — February 1, 2013 at 3:24 pm

    Three ingredients? Amazing, I can’t wait to try this for myself!

    • beantownbaker — February 3rd, 2013 @ 9:42 pm

      If you make it, let me know what beer/fruit combo you use. I can’t wait to try different combinations.

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    tracy {pale yellow} — February 4, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    I just made it last night and used frozen strawberries and Shock Top Honeycrisp Apple Wheat. Amazing!!! So creamy without any dairy. I’ll be posting the recipe on my site next week.

    • beantownbaker — February 4th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm

      First of all, I haven’t had that beer, but it sounds tasty on it’s own. I’m sure it was delicious with the strawberries in this sorbet. So glad you enjoyed it. Let me know when your post goes up!

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    Shannon — February 4, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    what an interesting idea! love that you can still taste the individual flavors 🙂

    • beantownbaker — February 4th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm

      I loved it too. Even though when you say Strawberry and Beer Sorbet people kind of look at you like you’re crazy….

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    Tiffany — February 7, 2013 at 11:52 am

    This sounds awesome and I know my husband would love it but we don’t have an ice cream maker. Is there an alternative way to make it?

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    Carole — March 7, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Hi there. The current Food on Friday on Carole’s Chatter is collecting links to posts about ice cream and sorbets – or anything similar like gelato. I do hope you link this in. This is the link . Please do check out some of the other links – there are a lot of good ones already. Have a great week.

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    Carole — March 7, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    Jen , thanks for joining the link up for Food on Friday on Carole’s Chatter. I hope you enjoyed looking at some of the other links. I have been reading them all and must say my ice cream cravings are now almost out of control! Cheers

    Ps I am signing up to follow your blog. A follow back would be great – or maybe you have already?

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    Jimmie — August 14, 2013 at 1:03 pm

    I work in a brewpub in Boulder. I’m gonna try this out with fresh peaches, honey, and a strong belgian golden ale. I’ll let you know how it goes.

    • beantownbaker — August 16th, 2013 @ 8:18 am

      Oh man – that sounds awesome. I have a TON of peaches in my house right now… I just made a blueberry variety the other night.

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