Lunch: Black Spruce Blueberry Pie

Recipe by Tula Cochon The all-time favorite pie at our family reunion! Other wild berries can be added to this mixture for variety. Freshly picked berries and baking in a convection oven gets best results. Convection ovens are best for baking this pie. S

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Lemon

Health and fertility benefits of Black Spruce Blueberry Pie

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Lemons can help to prevent oxidative damage to the body, which women with PCOS are often susceptible to.

Ingredients

1 pastry for a 9-inch double-crust pie
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon chocolate syrup, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or more to taste
1 pinch Key lime pepper
1 tiny pinch ground ancho chile powder
4 cups blueberries, or more to taste
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter, cut into tiny pieces (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a pie plate with 1 of the pie pastries.
Stir sugar, flour, chocolate syrup, cinnamon, Key lime pepper, and ancho chile powder together in a large bowl. Add blueberries and stir to coat; pour into prepared pie plate. Sprinkle lemon juice and butter pieces over blueberry mixture. Top with remaining pie pastry, crimp edges together to seal, and cut slits in the top to vent. Cover the edge of the crust with a thin strip of aluminum foil.
Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove and discard foil. Continue baking until crust is golden and filling is bubbling, about 15 minutes more. Cool completely.

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