Aunt Nance’s Blueberry Tart
(Serves 8)
Butter crust (recipe follows)
1/2 cup sugar
3 TBS cornstarch
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
6 cups blueberries
1 TBS butter
Listen here...Make up butter crust - there will be 1 1/2 cups firmly packed
dough. Use a 9 by 1 1/2 inch cake pan with a removable bottom. Over the
ungreased bottom press half the dough -oh about a half a thumbfuls or so, so it
will be 1/4 inch thick. Over the ungreased side, press the remaining half of
the dough, it will be a thinner covering than the bottom.
In a large bowl stir together the sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon; add 4 cups
of the blueberries and toss together. Turn into the crust. Dot with the butter.
Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven until the edge is brown- about 1 hour.
Remove from oven and arrange the remaining 2 cups of blueberries over the top.
Cool. Place the palm of your hand under
the removable bottom of the pan and lift out the tart. Place the tart (still on
the pan bottom) on a serving platter.
Butter crust
In a medium bowl; stir together 1 1/2 cups unbleached all
purpose flour and 3 TBS sugar. With a pastry blender, cut in 12 TBS butter
until particles are fine; work in 1 1/2 TBS lemon juice.