This blueberry peach pandowdy tastes like summer. With buttery pieces of pie dough both tucked into and baked on top of lightly sweetened, spiced peaches and blueberries, this is one dowdy dessert that will be right at home at either a picnic or a dinner party.
several gratingswhole nutmegor 1/4-1/2 teaspoon, ground
juice of half a lemon
1teaspoonvanilla extract
heavy pinchkosher salt
pie crust for a single crust piehomemade or storebought
To Finish
1large eggbeaten
2Tablespoonscoarse sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
Place a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat to 425F.
Place the fruit in a large bowl.
Add the sugar, flour or corn starch, spices, lemon juice, vanilla, and salt. Toss everything together evenly.
Loosely pile into an 8" cast iron skillet or similar-sized pie plate or baking dish.
Roll out the pie crust fairly thinly into a rough rectangle. Generously trim the edges to leave a square of dough. Cut up the trimmings into 2" pieces and tuck 6-8 of these in and under the fruit in the pan.
Cut the remaining square of dough into 2" squares and shingle these onto the fruit.
To Finish and Bake
Brush the dough lightly but thoroughly with the beaten egg. Sprinkle on the sugar evenly and fairly generously.
Bake the pandowdy for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven, and turn the oven down to 375F.
With a heat-safe spatula, cut down in between the squares of dough, pressing some of it down into the juices. It might not be super juicy quite yet, but it will be. Don't worry.
Bake an additional 35 minutes, or until the pastry is deep golden brown and the juices are bubbling all over the pie--not just around the edges. If some of the pastry is starting to get too dark, cover those areas with some foil. Just keep an eye on things to make sure you don't over-brown your pandowdy.
Cool to warm before serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, frozen yogurt, or some barely sweetened whipped cream.
Notes
If you'd like to make the same pastry I did, I made Lazy Baker's Puff Pastry from the cookbook Baking by Hand. (Scroll down quite a way to grab that recipe.) I used 1/3 of the linked recipe, and I've frozen the other 2/3 to use some other time. If you are not using any frozen fruit, your baking time could be 10 minutes or so less, so just keep an eye on your guy and make sure it doesn't over-brown.