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Fruit Feature: Blueberries! (part 2)

August 10, 2011 by Elsie 3 Comments

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Ready for more blueberry recipes? The following three blueberry recipes can be made with fresh or frozen blueberries, and involve simmering the berries into a hot concentrated form as a first step.

Blueberry Cordial

The raspberry cordial incident in Anne of Green Gables is quite memorable, and although Anne and Dianna did not actually drink the real thing on that occasion, the name always lingered in my mind as something that would be positively delicious to sip on a hot summer afternoon. One of the first things that came to mind when I was picking blueberries was to make a “cordial” out of them. So here’s what I came up with.

About 4 cups blueberries
2 tsp fresh minced ginger
1/2+ cup raw honey
2-3 lemons
filtered water

Let the blueberries and ginger simmer on the stove top for about 15 min. Press periodically with a potato masher to release the juices. Pour the berry juice into a strainer over a half-gallon pitcher, pressing the solids to get out the good stuff. (Save the berry skins for the next recipe!) Add honey and stir to dissolve. Squeeze lemons over strainer; fill pitcher with water. Taste, and add more honey or lemon juice to make it stronger. Chill.

Real Simple Blueberry Jam

This recipe is from my favourite magazine, Real Simple.

5 cups blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp Real Salt

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. (Add berry solids from previous recipe, if available.) Mash berries to release juice. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture has thickened, 18-25 min. Transfer to containers and refrigerate for 1 month, or freeze for up to a year.

Blueberry Vinaigrette Salad

1 cup blueberries
honey
balsamic vinegar

Simmer and mash the berries for a few minutes on the stove top. Whisk with honey and vinegar to taste. Experiment with lemon juice, olive oil, mint, etc. to achieve perfection. Chill completely in a glass bottle or measuring cup. Serve on fresh spinach with whole blueberries, almonds, and crumbled queso fresco. This latter ingredient is a mild, mozzarella-type cheese found near the cream cheese in the grocery store. It’s a great, inexpensive sub for goat or feta cheeses.

Get more blueberry recipes in this post, and find all my recipes in the Recipe Index.

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  1. Elsie CallenderElsie Callender says

    August 10, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    P.S. Stir the blueberry jam into homemade yogurt. Heaven.

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  2. Katie Mae @ Nourishing SimplicityKatie Mae @ Nourishing Simplicity says

    August 10, 2015 at 1:02 am

    I never thought about making a blueberry cordial! Raspberry is the only one I think of thanks to Anne. 🙂

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    • ElsieElsie says

      August 29, 2015 at 4:50 pm

      Let’s have raspberry cordial together someday, okay??

      Reply

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