2 pounds blueberries fresh washed and carefully inspected for stems etc.
1.5 tablespoons butter
0.3 cup cornstarch
1 cup granulated sugar
1.5 tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
1 baked 9 inch pie shell
0.3 teaspoon salt
0.3 cup water cold
0.8 cup water - microwave is handy hot boiling for this
Equipment
bowl
frying pan
sauce pan
whisk
Directions
In a medium saucepan, preferably a metal one without a nonstick coating, mix together the cold water and the cornstarch to dissolve the cornstarch.
Add the boiling water, sugar and salt. turn heat to medium.
Add about 1/2 cup of the blueberries.
Mix and stir with a whisk and a scraper, pressing blueberries against the side of the pan and smashing them (and any lumps of cornstarch), until the mixture thickens and goes from cloudy to translucent purple. Once this happens, continue cooking and stirring over a lower heat for about 2 minutes more.
Remove from heat and stir in the lemon juice and butter.
Let the mixture cool for a few minutes, then scrape the warm blueberry gel into a bowl with the fresh blueberries. Stir to coat the blueberries with the gel mixture, then transfer to the baked pie crust. Chill for about 4 hours.
