Blueberry Pie Tart

my favorite person turned 33!

Jordan’s birthday was yesterday, it was a very chill, very lovely day mostly at home, since we were pretty tired from our quick trip to Boston. I say “we” but Jordan was definitely living on a different plane of exhaustion — the day before they turned 33 they ran the Boston Marathon in 2 hours and 59 minutes (that’s a 6.8 minute per mile average btw). Running 26.2 miles is not something I can wrap my head around wanting to do (for me running is associated with pain, dread and ultimate discomfort among other things, not to be dramatic), but if anything that added to my excitement and complete awe watching Jordan run the marathon, quite effortlessly (obviously it took them a monumental effort but I’m serious when I say they make it look easy!) , after months of training with so much patience and discipline for a practice that they are so dedicated to. I feel like the luckiest person ever to watch someone I love do something they love so much. I’m always thinking about how grateful and lucky I am to have Jordan in my life, but it’s especially profound in these moments of achievement and celebration.

I think it’s going to be a tradition now that I make Jordan a pie every year on their birthday. Last year it was a delicious strawberry rhubarb sage pie. Yesterday it was a blueberry pie tart. You may be wondering — what’s a pie tart ?? It’s simply a pie baked in a tart pan. My sole reason for baking a pie in a tart pan was that I didn’t want to make a full sized 9” deep dish pie for just the two of us. The tart pan is cool because it changes the ratios a little —less filling, more crust and crumble. Kind of ideal. You could very easily bake this in a 9” deep pie dish, just double the recipe for the filling and bake it a little longer.