July 8, 2020

Blueberry Scones

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Blueberry Scones

July 8: National Blueberry Day

Our love for scones is reflected in our blog, as we have a separate section just for the many scones recipes under our Theme Menus. We even got our Hawaii expatriate friends Pat and Phyllis S. into scones. They love them just as much as we do now. We used to just buy the scone mixes at the store but they are better made “from scratch”, especially if it is blueberry scones. The mix contains the dried fruit but nothing can beat the fresh fruit in these scones that literally burst with flavor!

When we visit and stay with Pat and Phyllis in San Antonio, Texas, they serve scones for snacks or breakfast. Our favorite was their blueberry scones—so much so that Phyllis had to bake another batch! Because we don’t get to see them as often as we’d like, they gave us blueberry scones to eat on the long drive back to the Gulf Coast. And they also gave us the recipe so we can make them at home and share with our blog readers on National Blueberry Day and throughout July—National Blueberry Month.

Recipe

(From Phyllis S.)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/3 – ½ cup sugar, granulated white
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • zest from one orange
  • ½ cup salted butter, cold and cut into small pieces
  • 1 egg
  • ½+ cup heavy whipping cream, cold (reserve about 1-2 tablespoons for brushing on top)
  • 1 cup blueberries, fresh
  • coarse/turbinado sugar (optional topping)

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and orange zest.

Cut in the cold butter pieces. Mix until it resembles coarse crumbs. Beat in the eggs and cream until a sticky dough is formed.

Transfer the dough onto a clean, floured surface. Fold in the blueberries. Shape into a round disc about 1-inch thick. Cut into 8 wedges and separate them. Place onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush a little bit of the remaining cream on top.

Sprinkle with coarse/turbinado sugar (optional). Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F for around 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven. Serve warm.

Notes

  • Substitute the citrus and use lemon instead of orange zest.
  • If the dough is too dry, add a little bit of cream. If the dough is too wet, add a little bit of flour.
  • Avoid overmixing the dough or the scones will get too hard.
  • Search our blog for more scones and blueberry recipes.

 

July 1, 2020

No Churn Blueberry Ice Cream

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No Churn Blueberry Ice Cream

July: National Blueberry Month, National Ice Cream Month

Texas is home to beautiful bluebonnets but there are bountiful blueberries on a few farms, too. Every summer if we can/are able, we try to go pick blueberries at Moorhead’s Blueberry Farm in Conroe, Texas, the state’s first commercially operated blueberry farm since the mid-1970s.

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After sweating on the farm working to fill our baskets with five pounds each, we still had more than enough to snack on these fruits or cook with them. We have made blueberry muffins, scones, cobblers, clafoutis, cheesecakes, pies, popovers and pancakes before. But for this particular post, we made no-churn blueberry ice cream as a doubly delicious way to celebrate National Blueberry Month and keep cool this summer during National Ice Cream Month.

Recipe

(Adapted from Delish)

Ingredients

  • 4 cups blueberries
  • ¼ cup sugar, granulated white
  • 1 lemon, juiced and zested
  • 2 cups (1 pint) heavy whipping cream
  • 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk

Directions

Wash and dry blueberries. Place in a blender and puree them. Add the sugar and blend well.

Transfer the pureed blueberries to a small saucepan. Add the lemon juice and zest. Bring to a boil on the stove, stirring constantly. Lower the heat to medium and simmer until thickened, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from the stovetop and cool completely.

In a large mixing bowl, pour the condensed milk. Stir in the cooled blueberry mix. In a separate mixing bowl, beat the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form.

Fold the whipped cream into the blueberry mixture until well combined. Place in a large loaf pan or ice cream container. Freeze overnight. Scoop and serve with fresh blueberries.

Notes

  • We usually give away some of our fresh-picked blueberries from our abundance to  elderly friends so they could enjoy the summer fruits, too. With our labor, sometimes they give back with a blueberry dessert! Sharing surely is caring!
  • July 8 is National Blueberry Day.
  • Search our blog for other blueberry and no-churn ice cream recipes.
 

July 1, 2011

Blueberry Clafoutis

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Blueberry Clafoutis

Blueberry Clafoutis

July: National Blueberry Month

We get rave reviews on the recipe for raspberry-almond clafoutis that we decided to bake another one featuring the fruit of the month: blueberries! This is a simple summery dish from France, also called flaugnarde, which is like a cross between a custard and a cake. Although it does not look as attractive as other dishes, the sweet scent of vanilla and bursts of blueberry make this dessert as delicious as the raspberry-almond clafoutis. Taste why this is a French favorite—and why it has also become one of ours—and bake a blueberry clafoutis for National Blueberry Month.

Recipe

(Adapted from “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck) 

Ingredients

  • 2-3 cups fresh blueberries
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 ¼ cup milk
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • pinch of salt
  • ½ cup flour
  • powdered sugar (for dusting)

Directions

In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs. Stir in the milk. Pour in the sugar. Add the vanilla and pinch of salt.

Blueberry Clafoutis

Mix in the flour until the batter is no longer lumpy. Pour the batter about ¼ inch thick into a pie dish. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F for 5-10 minutes to set the bottom of the clafoutis. Remove from the oven and arrange the blueberries on top.

Blueberry Clafoutis

Pour the remaining batter over the blueberries.  Return to the oven and bake for an hour or until the middle is no longer wet and wiggly. The clafoutis is cooked when it is puffed up and brown and a knife comes out clean after inserting into the middle. Remove from the oven and cool slightly (the dessert will deflate) before slicing into wedges. Sprinkle a little powdered sugar on each serving. The blueberry clafoutis may be served hot or cold.

Blueberry Clafoutis

Notes

  • Try the recipe for raspberry-almond clafoutis for July which is also National Berry Month. 
  • Search our blog for more recipe posts containing blueberries as an ingredient.