BLUEBERRIES AND CREAM HAND PIES
These pies are filled with not exclusive blueberries, but a delicious tangy emollient cheeseflower fill too! It adds the perfect hold to the goody sourness of the blueberries and makes the pies totally irresistible! With this instruction you give individual plenitude of blueberries and cream cheeseflower manus over, so you may require to prehend a support case of pie impertinence to attain many pies. Trustingness me, you won't requirement to flow all those yummy ingredients!
INGREDIENTS
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- ¾ cup granulated sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2½ cups frozen blueberries
- 1 large egg
- 1 - 15 ounce package refrigerated pie crust (2 crusts)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, ½ cup of sugar, lemon zest, and egg and stir until smooth.
- In a large bowl, toss the blueberries with ¼ cup of sugar, lemon juice, and flour. Place one pie crust on a baking sheet lined with parchment and cut into quarters with a sharp knife. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each quarter. Then spoon 2 tablespoons of the blueberry mixture on top. Brush the edges with heavy cream and fold the crust over to create triangles.
- Crimp edges of the pies to seal. Brush tops of pies with more heavy cream and sprinkle with ½ tablespoon of sugar. Repeat with second pie crust and fillings.
- Cut a small vent in the top of each pie with a sharp knife and bake until golden, 20 -25 minutes, rotating the baking sheets in the oven halfway through.
- Let the pies cool completely on wire racks before serving.
