love pie

blueberry lavender pie

for crust, 2 cups unbleached flour, 3/4 cup cold vegetable shortening

1 tsp salt, about 2 cups of water

using knives, cut up flour and shortening, sprinkle water and gather to a ball and chill one hour

grease nine inch pie plate, roll out bottom crust, coat with egg white, chill another 1/2 hour

1 cup sugar

(i prefer to grind up about 1 tsp of fresh/dry lavender with sugar)

3 tbs corn starch

1/8 tsp salt

2 tbs lemon juice

1 tsp lemon zest

pinch of cinnamon

2 pints fresh blueberries

mix sugar, corn starch, salt, cinnamon and zest add blueberries and lemon juice, toss and chill

roll out top crust (cut hearts), add about 1/4 cup crushed graham crackers to bottom crust

spoon in fruit, throw on a couple more lavender buds and add top, trim edges poke steam vents

15 minutes at 425 and then 30-40 minutes at 350

cool and eat with ice cream 

(also can use raspberries or a combination of blueberries and raspberries)