The Healthier Blueberry Pie

Natalya Laragan

Since my mother had the heart attack, she's been avoiding all things that raise her cholesterol level. This is one of the recipes they came up with with only good fatty acids, if the quark used is non-fat.

The pie crust:

1 dl rye flour
1 dl all-purpose flour
a handful of quick oats
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 dl (brown) sugar
1 dl of good quality vegetable oil (e.g. canola, NOT olive oil!)

200 g of (frozen) blueberries
1-2 teaspoons of corn or potato starch

200-250 g low-fat quark (this could be probably replaced by low-fat sour cream or something like that, not cream cheese, though!)
1-2 eggs
2-3 tablespoons of sugar (or to taste)
vanilla extract or vanilla sugar (the real vanilla IS better).

Mix the dry ingredients for the crust, add in oil and mix until crumbly. Grease a largish pie plate (mine is 28 inch in diameter), press the crust into the plate. Add the quark mixture and sprinkle the blueberries on top. Bake in 200 C for about 45 min.

Eat and enjoy
(yes, deciliter, a tenth of a liter)