When it comes to desserts pies are truly an American Classic, and a Peach Blueberry Custard is at the top of my list of Summertime Desserts. Wouldn’t your family love to sit down to this delicious Peach Blueberry Custard Pie?
Summertime is definitely the best time of year. Everywhere you go you see fresh fruit and vegetables, and summertime food is simply the best. Being a southern boy at heart, I do love my pies, and nothing beats an old-fashioned Peach Pie. I just love walking into the room and smelling ripe peaches. What a great sensation. Then biting into one of those peaches as the juices run down my chin……sigh……now that’s summertime to me.
Peaches, Nectarines, and Plums, the holy trinity of stone fruits, but my favorite summertime pie fruit, has to be peaches! Just a plain peach pie with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream is a wonderful thing, but make a sweet custard, blend in your fresh peaches and throw a nice handful of blueberries, add in a streusel topping and your tasting down-home goodness.
Ingredients to make Peach Blueberry Custard Pie
I do have a go-to recipe for this pie, it was standard fare in my restaurant days, and it’s also something I have not made in quite a few years.
Letโs start by gathering the ingredients we need to make the filling for a Peach Blueberry Custard Pie. In Chef Speak this is called the Mise en Place which translates into Everything in its Place.
Not only does setting your ingredients up ahead of time speed the cooking process, but it also helps ensure you have everything you need to make the dish.
Making your own pie crust can be a hassle, but I do recommend giving it a try. If not there are lots of options at your local supermarket. You can choose from frozen or refrigerated premade crusts. And if you do have a favorite pie crust recipe, please feel free to use your own.
I use a food processor to make my pie crust, it’s a pretty simple process that provides an excellent pie crust.
The secret to a good pie crust using a food processor is freezing the butter and Crisco pieces before using them and having ice in the water to make sure its as cold as possible.
After placing the peaches in the pie shell, pour the custard filling overtop. It’s okay if a peach or two peaks out of the custard.
The last step before baking is adding the blueberries. Now it’s time to start the baking process.
If you’re not a fan of blueberries, feel free to leave them out.
While the pie is baking make the streusel topping. Sometimes I add oats into the streusel mix, it adds a nice texture. If you decide to use oats cut the flour and sugar back to ยฝ cup each and use ยฝ cup of oats.
After baking for 25 minutes, remove the pie from the oven and top with the streusel topping. Bake for an additional 25-30 minutes or until the streusel is a nice golden brown.
I’m a little lazy about covering the crust with a foil, and you can see the exposed crust got a little too brown. But since my wife never eats the crust I didn’t worry too much, especially since I love to eat that crunchy crust!
I just ordered a set of Adjustable Pie Crust Shields, so my finished pies look as pretty as they taste.
I loved every bite of this delicious pie. The peaches were sweet and fresh, the blueberries added a tartness, the custard added creaminess, and the streusel a crunch that just pushed it over the top!
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kaztronomic
This looks fantastic! I want to make that pie, yum. ๐
Your photography is so beautiful!
Joy
Great recipes! I especially like the corn fritter. Everything is better fried ๐ Great custard recipe.
Kristen
That pie looks delightful. Blueberries go so well with peaches…especially fresh ones.
I am afraid I could eat an entire batch of those fritters. They are perfect.
The salad! I wish my garden's tomatoes would start turning red. I am dying for a fresh tomato salad.
Pure Mama
Those fritters? and that tomato salad? and that dessert? wow… can I just say two things: yum and what time is dinner? ๐ Oh, and great job!!
JillyAn
Your pictures are stunning…as usual. Makes me feel like a really crappy photographer…LOL The recipes looks wonderful as ususal. A tip on working with spectrum…use half butter or if going vegan…half non-hydrogenated earth balance vegan margarine. Spectrum acts a little strange by itself. I find that Tropical Traditions organic palm shortening behaves more like the old unhealthy crisco…LOL.
anniebakes
I'm so glad my lunch just arrived, this posting made me HUNGRY!! Have a great weekend,
anne
http://www.anniebakes.net
Mo
I got so excited when I saw the title of this thread! Peaches and blueberries are SOULMATES. <3
Everything looks wonderful, especially the pie. ๐
Isabelle
What a gorgeous summer meal! I love how you've let all the beautiful ingredients speak for themselves in the dishes… it can be easy to get carried away with fancy dishes, when the best thing to do is to let good ingredients and simplicity do the work for us. ๐
Can't wait to try that peach and blueberry pie. That combination always screams summer to me.
Monet
I love corn fritters…and I can only imagine how great they must taste with fresh summer corn. I love how these recipes utilize all the beauty of summer. And I love you you used greek yogurt in your custard recipe. Yummy!
Neo-Homesteading
Everything looks so remarkable and delicious!
Lazaro Cooks!
I am a big fan of corn fritters. Yours look great!
Have a great weekend, Chef D.
Lynn
What a gorgeous pie – can't wait to try it!
Dionne Baldwin
Now THAT would be the perfect start to a meal! That pie looks so fresh and amazing. Never had a corn fritter but I am going to. Those look good enough to EAT! And the salad is a given. I want to make that badly. That's the next salad I'm bringing my dad…
Katty's Kitchen
Summer on three plates–so delicious!
Betty Ray
You've got a trifecta here! Yum, yum and yum! I am so bookmarking these and plan to try my hand at them ASAP. I really need to find a market near me.