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1800s-present - New England home bakers combining European pie pastry with native blueberries
Blueberry pie is a New England and summer-holiday classic built from a native North American fruit and European pie technique. Maine made wild blueberry pie its official state dessert in 2011, but the pie belongs broadly to American summer tables.
Difficulty
Moderate
Prep time
35 minutes
Cook time
55 minutes
Total time
1 hour 30 minutes plus cooling
Servings
8 servings
Region
New England and United States
Era introduced
1800s-present
Introduced by
New England home bakers combining European pie pastry with native blueberries
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Blueberry pie is one of the clearest examples of the American melting pot in dessert form: European pie pastry filled with a fruit native to North America. Maine wild blueberries gave the pie a strong regional identity, and state law now names wild-blueberry pie as Maine state dessert. This version uses tapioca starch for a clear, sliceable filling and works with fresh or frozen wild blueberries.
Drafted with Maine official-dessert context from the Maine Secretary of State (https://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/about/symbols/dessert), statutory context from Maine Legislature Title 1, section 226 (https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/1/title1sec226.html), and wild-blueberry pie method from Wild Blueberries (https://wildblueberries.com/recipe/maine-wild-blueberry-pie/).
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