What blueberry dishes do you know? This berry is usually used for making various stewed fruit, jam or jam. However, it should be noted that with the addition of this product, completely different dishes can be made. Which ones, we will describe in this article.
Blueberry Dishes: Recipe
If you have purchased a large quantity of this berry, then, in addition to jam or jam, you can also make delicious open cakes in the oven from it. To implement such a recipe, we need the following set of products:
- fresh large egg - 1 pc.;
- snow-white wheat flour - about 3 cups;
- kefir of medium fat content (you can slightly sour) - 150 ml;
- table soda (extinguish in a sour-milk drink) - 1 large pinch;
- table salt - 1/3 of a small spoon;
- beet sugar - 2 large spoons;
- icing sugar - use at discretion (for filling);
- fresh or frozen blueberries - apply as desired (for filling).
Making unleavened dough
Sweet blueberry dishes are very popular not only among children, but also among adults. To make open pies from such a berry, you should carefully knead the base.
Pour a pinch of table soda into medium-fat kefir and mix well to achieve a violent reaction. Next, add salt, sugar and a chicken egg to the drink. After mixing the components, snow-white flour is gradually added to them. The output is a thick dough that is covered with a film and left at room temperature for 20 minutes.
How to form and bake open pies?
Blueberry dishes are formed quite easily. A piece is removed from the dough, and then rolled out into a cake. A handful of fresh berries is laid in its center, sprinkled with icing sugar and beautifully pinch the edges, leaving the top part open.
In this form, the pies are carefully moved to a baking sheet covered with parchment and sent to the oven. At a temperature of 200 degrees, the product is baked for about 30-40 minutes.
After the specified time, blueberry pies are removed from the cupboard and served to the table with black tea.
It should be noted that blueberry dishes can be made not only from unleavened dough on kefir, but also using a puff base. In this case, it is better to cook the pies closed. If you follow all the rules of the recipe, you will get very beautiful and delicious puff envelopes.
Dishes from blueberries cooked in a slow cooker
If cooking blueberry baked goods in the oven takes too much time, we suggest using a slow cooker. With this device you can make a very tasty and delicate pie.
So, to implement the recipe, we need:
- potato starch - 1 large spoon;
- fresh or frozen blueberries - 300 g;
- beet sugar - 230 g;
- dry granular cottage cheese - about 100 g;
- large chicken egg - 3 pcs.;
- fat sour cream - 150 g;
- snow-white flour - about 1.3 cups;
- vegetable oil - 15 g;
- baking powder - 7 g.
Make the dough
Dishes from blueberries and cottage cheese are not only very tasty, they are also useful. Pie using these products is good to serve for breakfast to children. It can be consumed with hot chocolate and regular tea.
So, to knead the dough, egg yolks are combined with sour cream, cottage cheese and sugar. All components are well rubbed with a spoon. Next, beat the chilled egg whites separately.
The resulting resistant foam is spread to the yolks, add baking powder, potato starch, and mix well. Having made a viscous egg mass, snow-white flour is gradually added to it.
After the described actions get a homogeneous and not very thick dough.
The process of forming and baking
Before proceeding with the heat treatment of blueberry pie, it should be properly formed. To do this, put the curd dough in a multicooker bowl, which is pre-lubricated with vegetable oil. Next, the surface of the dessert is decorated with fresh or frozen blueberries. At the same time, it should drown slightly at the base and fill the entire thickness of the cake.
Once the product is formed, the capacity of the multicooker is closed and the baking mode is set. It cooks dessert for about 65 minutes. During this time, the blueberry pie should be completely baked. It is carefully removed from the bowl, sprinkled with powdered sugar, cut and presented to the guests with a cup of tea.
Cooking Blueberry Cream
All blueberry dishes for a child are very healthy. After all, such a berry contains a lot of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. It should be noted that not only sweet pastries, but also various creams can be made from the mentioned product.
For the independent preparation of such a treat, we need:
- fresh egg yolks - 2 pcs.;
- sifted flour - 45 g;
- small beet sugar - 150 g;
- high quality soft butter (butter) - 70 g;
- fresh blueberries - 150 g.
Cooking method
Not all blueberry dishes require a large selection of products. A cream using this berry is made with a minimum amount of components. For its preparation, fresh berries are thoroughly washed and ground in a blender until a homogeneous gruel is obtained. Then it is put on the stove, cooked for about 10 minutes and cooled.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks with sugar, and then add the wheat flour. After that, heat-treated blueberries are spread to them, which are ground through a fine sieve.
Combining both mixtures, they are put on medium heat and boiled for about 10 minutes, until the mass begins to thicken. Then it is removed from the stove, partially cooled, and then soft oil is added and re-whipped with a mixer.
This creamy cream with blueberries is ideal for making honey cake, various biscuits and even Napoleon cake. However, most housewives prefer to serve it to the table as a separate, full-fledged dessert.
Cooking Blueberry Compote
Many housewives know how to make blueberry dishes for the winter. However, in this section of the article, we decided to tell you not about how to make jam or jam from this berry, but about how to cook a delicious and healthy compote from it. For this we need:
- fresh blueberries - 1 kg;
- white sugar - 400 g;
- citric acid - 2-3 g;
- drinking water - 4 l.
Cooking process
For the preparation of compote for the winter, we recommend using only freshly picked blueberries. She is thoroughly sorted out and laid out in a colander. After thoroughly washing the berry, shake it and distribute it in large glass jars.
To obtain a concentrated drink, containers are filled into ½ parts.
After the berries are in jars, begin to prepare the syrup. For this, drinking water is poured into a large container and sugar is poured. The amount of the last component should be taken at your discretion.
Bringing the sweet liquid to a boil, it is boiled for about 3 minutes, and then poured into prepared cans. Covering them with lids, blueberries in syrup are left on the side for 30-35 minutes. During this time, the water should acquire a different color - to become dark and fragrant.
After the described actions, syrup from cans (without berries) is again poured into a large container and boiled. This time a little citric acid is added to the liquid. After boiling water for about 2 minutes, it is again poured into jars of berries and immediately rolled up with sterilized lids.
Turning the containers with the compote upside down, they are left in this position for a whole day. If desired, the jars can be wrapped in a warm blanket or covered with an old down jacket.
As soon as the compote cools down and takes on room temperature, it is cleaned in a slightly cool and dark place. It is advisable to drink it only after 2-3 weeks.
To summarize
The presented recipes for blueberries are far from the only ones. Using this berry, you can make not only desserts and drinks, but also sauces for meat. In this case, not sugar is added to it, but various spices, seasonings, including garlic and onions. Meat in combination with such a sauce can be safely served even for a festive feast.