Recipe - Faith Fairchilds Maine Blueberry Tarte

PASTRY
1 One half cup Flour
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 pn Salt
12 tablespoon Unsalted buter
3 tablespoon Ice water

FILLING
3 cup Blueberries
4 tablespoon Sugar
2 tablespoon Flour
1 tablespoon Lemon juice

Put the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse
once. Cut the butter into pieces and add to the dry ingredients. Pulse
again until the mixture resembles coarsely ground cornmeal. (You may also
cut the butter into the flour mixture with two knives or a pastry cutter.)
Add the ice water through the feeder tube with the motor running and
briefly process until a ball is formed. Wrap the dough in wax paper and
refrigerate for One half hour. Faith makes ice water by adding a few cubes to a
glass of water before sh starts making the dough. Roll out the dough on a
lightly floured surface and line a 10" fluted tarte pan =97 the kind with
the bottom that comes out. Prick the bottom of the doughlined pan with a
fork. Combine 2 tbsps. of flour with 2 tbsps. of sugar and dust the bottom.
Add the lemon juice to the fruit and spread evenly over the dough. Sprinkle
2 tbsps. of sugar on the top and place on baking sheet. Bake in the middle
of a preheated 375F oven for 40 minutes, or until the edges turn slightly
brown. Let coo for ten minutes and remove from the pan to a serving plate
Tastes best warm or at room temperature Serves 10. This recipe is also
delicious with other summer fruits. Caution: do not use frozen blueberries
or you will have a soggy mess. Pix knows.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #191

Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 08:34:45 0700 (PDT)

From: PatH phannema@wizard.ucr.edu
NOTES : Body in the Basement: A Faith Fairchild Mystery. Pix Miller,
Faith's=
Neighbor. They live in Maine.