Infused Blueberry Pie — The Crust Carries the Count, Counted by the Slice

Blueberry pie is a summer pie that does not need help — the berries are sweet, tart, and jammy all on their own, and the lattice is the whole show. That is why the dose goes in the crust, not the filling: the filling stays pure berry, the crust carries the count, and every slice gets the same ratio of crust to berry because a lattice does not freelance. Twelve even slices, one number, and a pie that tastes like berries first and everything else second.

🔥 Decarboxylation: Wake the Flower Up First

Raw flower will not do the job — the THC is still wearing its acid jacket as THCA, and heat is what takes it off. So before anything gets infused, the flower gets activated:

Decarb: 3.5g flower, broken up by hand (never ground to dust), spread on a parchment-lined sheet pan, covered tightly with foil, baked at 240°F for 40 minutes. Cool completely before opening the foil — the good stuff is in the trapped vapor, and you want it in the jar, not in the kitchen air.
Why 240°F for 40 minutes: This is the house standard — hot enough to convert THCA to THC reliably, gentle enough to keep the terpene character from boiling off. The pie will bake at 375°F, but the dose is already activated before it ever meets the dough, and the crust protects it from the worst of the oven heat.

🧈 The Infusion: Classic Cannabutter

The workhorse infusion, made once and kept for the whole week of baking:

Method: Melt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter with the decarbed flower in a small saucepan or double boiler, hold at 160–180°F for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Strain through cheesecloth, squeeze gently, and jar.
Base: Unsalted butter. Temp: 160–180°F. Time: 2 hours. Yield: About 1 cup (16 tablespoons).
Dosing math: 3.5g at 20% THC = 3500mg × 0.20 = 700mg THCA × 0.877 = ~614mg THC × 0.75 efficiency ≈ ~460mg THC per cup of butter → ~29mg per tablespoon, ~10mg per teaspoon.
Storage: Fridge 4 weeks, freezer 6 months. Label it clearly: strain, date, mg per teaspoon. Keep it far away from the undosed butter — same foil wrapper, very different job.

🫐 The Recipe: Infused Blueberry Pie, 12 Slices

The crust carries the count — the filling stays pure berry, and the slice does the math:

The butter blend (the dosing decision):

A double crust uses about 1 cup of butter total. This pie uses ¼ cup dosed butter + ¾ cup plain butter, all ice cold and cubed. A quarter cup of dosed butter is about 115mg THC for the whole pie — divided by 12 slices, that is a sane number, and the berries never have to hide anything.

Ingredients:

Double crust: 2½ cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, ¼ cup dosed butter, cold and cubed + ¾ cup plain butter, cold and cubed, 6–8 tablespoons ice water
Filling: 5 cups fresh blueberries, ¾ cup sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, zest of 1 lemon, pinch of salt
1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk, for the lattice wash, plus sugar for sprinkling

Method:

Blend the fats first, cold. Toss the dosed and plain butter cubes together in the flour before cutting them in, so the dose is evenly distributed through the dough. Butter added to uneven dough locks the unevenness in — blend the fat first, always.
Build the filling clean. Toss the berries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, zest, and salt together. The filling carries no dose at all — it is just berries, and that is the point.
Line, fill, lattice. Line a 9-inch pie dish with the bottom crust, pour in the filling, and weave the lattice on top. Crimp, wash with egg, and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375°F for 50–60 minutes, until the filling bubbles thickly through the lattice and the crust is deep golden. Cool at least 4 hours before slicing — a warm blueberry pie runs, and a runny pie cannot be counted.
Slice counted. Cut 12 even slices: halve, quarter, then thirds. Write the number on the pie box before it goes in the fridge.

📐 Dosing Math

Whole pie: ¼ cup dosed butter ≈ 115mg THC total
Per slice: 115mg ÷ 12 slices ≈ ~10mg THC per slice
Half a slice → ~5mg — where most guests should start
The lattice is the scale: every slice gets crust and berry in the same ratio, so every slice carries the same number. The filling, the plates, the server: all clean. Only the crust carries the count.

🧬 Terpene Pairing

Primary terpenes: Myrcene (the warm berry depth that mirrors blueberries) + pinene (the bright pine lift that loves lemon zest) + linalool (the soft floral calm that suits a summer pie)
How to use it: Match the strain to the berry, not the butter. Berry-forward, gently herbal strains disappear into the filling; the lemon zest does the brightening work, and the strain just has to agree with it.
What to avoid: Heavy diesel or skunk strains in a berry pie — the berries will fight them instead of hiding them, and the pie will taste confused. Keep it berry-warm and gently herbal, never louder than the fruit.

🌱 Strain Suggestions

Blue Dream (Hybrid, ~19% THC) — Myrcene, pinene. Gentle berry warmth — the blueberry pie's namesake companion.
Blueberry (Indica, ~18% THC) — Myrcene, caryophyllene. Deep berry sweetness — the filling's mirror.
Granddaddy Purple (Indica, ~20% THC) — Myrcene, caryophyllene. Dark berry depth — the evening-slice companion.

📏 Dosage

Per slice: ~10mg THC — a full, real serving; respect it
Half slice: ~5mg — the sane starting point
Onset: 60–90 minutes — the butter absorbs steadily, and the pie carries it long
The gentle rule: Anyone who wants an undosed slice gets a plain slice cut first, before the dosed pie comes out — or better, bake a second clean pie. The box gets labeled before it goes in the fridge, every time.

Start with one serving. Wait 90 minutes before even thinking about a second. For adults 21+ only. Consume responsibly and in accordance with local laws.

🫐 Chef Smoke's Blueberry Pie Rule: "The berries are the star and the crust is the scale. Blend the fat cold, cool the pie before you cut it, cut twelve even slices, and let the crust do the only job that matters: carry the count where everyone can see it, one slice at a time."

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