#行美国品美食#–中西部

大家好！我是阮大为, 美国驻华使团代办。我在芝加哥附近长大，但和许多住在大城市的人一样，每当夏天来临，我们就盼着能去个凉爽些的地方。这在儿时的我就意味着去北密歇根走亲访友。那是我儿时的大爱，以至于后来我有了自己的家以后，我们在北密歇根的苏必利尔湖（Lake Superior，世界第一大湖）边买了座小屋。那个地方冬季寒冷多雪− 每年我们可以有厚达5米的积雪！但是夏天，天气好得不得了。白天凉爽，天气晴朗，日落美丽悠长。不过，对我们来讲，美国的这个地区最赞的或许要数这里的野生浆果。野生蓝莓成熟的季节，我们会全家出动，采回的蓝莓够做一夏天的蓝莓派、蓝莓薄饼和蓝莓果冻 。不过，不好意思，这份菜谱出自我太太玛丽之手。她拒不透露她做饼坯的秘诀！

蓝莓奶酥派

配料

3品脱蓝莓（如有可能，最好用亲自新鲜采摘的）

约1/2杯面粉

1杯又1汤匙糖

1汤匙黄油，切成小块

1张饼坯

1杯面粉

1/3杯袋装红糖

1/3杯黄油

3汤匙坚果碎（依个人喜好可放可不放）

先将蓝莓混入足量面粉，让蓝莓裹上一层面粉，然后再混入糖，让蓝莓裹上一层糖。将裹好面粉和糖的蓝莓放入饼坯，撒些许黄油丁。

制作蓝莓派表面的奶酥皮时，先将面粉和糖混合，再将黄油切成豌豆大小的丁。拌入坚果碎（依个人喜好放或不放）。这些材料可以做很多奶酥皮。想放多少放多少，剩下的冻起来即可。如果你最后没用它们再做一个派的话（这也是我的建议），可以把剩下的材料放在玛芬上。

把铺好奶酥皮的派放入提前预热至450度（华氏）的烤箱，然后立即将烤箱温度降至350度，烤45分钟。看着点儿奶酥皮！如果奶酥皮看起来要烤糊的样子，可以用铝箔纸做个小顶棚盖在上面。

参加我们的竞赛，给你最爱的中西部美食拍照，周五（4月28日）下午1点前发在自己的微博上，记得加标签#行美国品美食#。了解#行美国品美食#，请访问：https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/zh/foodietourcontest-zh/

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• 两张环球影城的普通入场券和两根哈利波特的魔法世界主题公园的魔法棒。

• 一张赫兹租赁汽车的兑换券。

• 两份由达美投资管理公司（DM Investment Management, Inc.）提供的奖品套餐，包括驾照翻译和一个独家定制的旅行计划。

#AmericanFoodieTour – the Midwest

Hello! My name is David and I am the Chargé d'Affaires for the U.S. Mission to China. I grew up near Chicago, but like many people who live in the big city, we dreamed of getting away to somewhere cooler when summer came. As a kid, that meant visiting family friends in northern Michigan. I loved it so much as a kid that, when I had a family of my own, we bought a small cabin up there on the shores of Lake Superior, the biggest lake in the world. In the winter, it is cold and snowy – we can get up to 5 meters of snow every year! In the summertime, though, the weather is perfect. Cool in the day, with clear skies and long beautiful sunsets. Maybe the best thing about that part of America – for us, anyway – are the wild berries. When the wild blueberries are ripe, my whole family goes out to gather enough for a summer’s worth of pie, pancakes and jelly. This recipe is from my wife, Mary. Sorry, though. She wouldn’t share her secret recipe for pie crust!

Blueberry Crumble Top Pie

Ingredients

3 pints blueberries (picked yourself, if at all possible)

About ½ cup flour

1 cup and 1 Tablespoon sugar

1 Tablespoon butter, cut into little pieces

1 pie crust

1 cup flour

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/3 cup butter

3 Tablespoons chopped nuts (optional)

Toss the blueberries with enough flour to coat them and then toss with the sugar. Put the berries into the pie shell and dot with the butter.

For the crumble top, toss the flour and sugar together. Cut the butter until it forms pea-sized lumps. Stir in the nuts, if you want them in there. This makes a lot of topping for the pie. Use as much as you want and just freeze the rest. If you don’t end up making another pie (my recommendation), you can put the rest on muffins.

Put the topped pie into an oven preheated to 450 degrees (Farenheit) and then immediately turn the oven down to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes. Keep an eye on the topping! If it looks like it is going to burn, you can make a little foil tent and cover it.

Post your photo of a favorite Midwestern dish on your Weibo page with the hashtag #行美国品美食# (#XingMeiguoPinMeishi#) before 1 pm Friday, April 28 to enter our contest. To learn more about the #AmericanFoodieTour contest visit: https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/FoodieTourContest

Image: https://pixabay.com/en/wisconsin-farm-country-rural-1808156/

来源：2017-04-24美国驻华大使馆美国驻华大使馆