When you live in the berry capital of Canada you’re gifted berries all summer. 😍 Aside from jam and freezing what shall I do with these?
When you live in the berry capital of Canada you’re gifted berries all summer. 😍 Aside from jam and freezing what shall I do with these?
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Perfect-Sport5739
Ferment them with salt! Make ice cream! Dehydrate them! Dehydrate them and make a powder! Make a berry type alcohol ferment or a berry wine! Make an alcohol type berry wine for me!!
Legitimate_Line_
Pie filling for oatmeal or waffles or yogurt… and I guess for pie too.
Happy_Veggie
– Sauce – Pie filling – Syrup – more sauce – Butter – Did I mention sauce?!??
TaxCheap9336
Mead aka honey wine
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marstec
Try making blueberry jam with Pomona’s pectin. I use 4 cups mashed blueberries to 1 1/2 cups cane sugar and it is the perfect amount of sweetness and flavour. It can be used as jam or topping for yogurt etc.
BlackMarketBarbecue
Liquor
Justletmeatyou
Blueberry yogurt drops!!
Oceanjinga
Chutney
GreenSalsa96
I make about a half dozen blueberry (and black berry, apple, and pear) crisps and put them in the freezer. In the fall, every couple of weekends, I wake the house up to the smell of fresh baked crisp (and warm up the kitchen).
Timely-Beginning165
Any “bad” ones you can make a dye with!
Mrsscientia
Lemon blueberry everything!
7LBoots
My sister got a freeze-dryer and has been turning apples, berries, and some veggies into powder that can be mixed into shakes. Might look into that.
RabidTurtle628
We can them whole in light syrup. Then you can decide their fate when you are ready, but you save the freezer space.
r66yprometheus
Where is Berry Capital Canada?
marsglow
Eat them!
rayn_walker
Dehydrated or freeze dried. Fruit leather. Blueberry Lemonade concentrate.
douglas_in_philly
I saw a picture of a pizza with blueberries, pineapple, red onion, regular pizza sauce…not sure if it had cheese. But I can see how that might taste pretty decent.
HypeTekCrew
Dehydrated for tea blends
firefly317
Lots of great sounding suggestions here, am filling in my “to try” brain for when I get some berry bushes. One thing I’ve lined to try is some sort of fruity BBQ sauce – my sister gifted me a huckleberry BBQ sauce from a trip to Montana and it’s awesome, would love to see if other varieties taste as good.
IddleHands
Pie, simple syrup, brandy or wine.
Caramellatteistasty
Blueberry lemon CURD! 😀 Fruit leather. Dehydrate them and cover them in chocolate then freeze them for a tasty treat.
Suckerforcats
Make blueberry pancake squares in a cake pan, bake, cut into individual pieces and freeze. Just re-heat for breakfast.
culady
Dehydrate. I grind mine in a coffee grinder to make powder to put in smoothies and ice cream.
ProgressBartender
Freeze some, break some out in the winter for a frozen treat.
If you like to bake or know someone who does you can always make a pie topping/filling with them. All you would really need are the berries, some granulated sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch.
squirrelcat88
Just wanted to say hello neighbour! I have been eating blueberries like a fiend.
MishmoshMishmosh
Pie, crumble, cobbler, cake
SeminudeBewitchery3
Syrup
ETA: Also pancakes freeze well
Genesis111112
Muffins and Pancakes and Raspberry (red/black) and Blueberry pies. Infuse some Syrup. Blueberry Maple Syrup is amazing on French Toast or Pancakes or Waffles.
Can some pie filling. Hot blueberry pie in January!
GrandmaInGolden
Pie filling.
GrandmaInGolden
Dehydrate for salads later.
drsfmd
I’d make a blueberry-apple hard cider from those. You could make straight blueberry cider too, but they don’t produce a lot of juice. An apple cider without preservatives makes a great base to add berry juices to (I use Musselman’s cider when I can find it).
Hit up your local brew store for a good yeast– they can help you with flavor profiles and ABV. Certain yeasts take more time, but it’s worth it. For something like this I’d use a champagne yeast and give it at least 2 years before drinking.
lilbeesie
Blueberry buckle and blueberry dumplings with cream. Yummmmmm.
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Ferment them with salt! Make ice cream! Dehydrate them! Dehydrate them and make a powder! Make a berry type alcohol ferment or a berry wine! Make an alcohol type berry wine for me!!
Pie filling for oatmeal or waffles or yogurt… and I guess for pie too.
– Sauce
– Pie filling
– Syrup
– more sauce
– Butter
– Did I mention sauce?!??
Mead aka honey wine
[removed]
Try making blueberry jam with Pomona’s pectin. I use 4 cups mashed blueberries to 1 1/2 cups cane sugar and it is the perfect amount of sweetness and flavour. It can be used as jam or topping for yogurt etc.
Liquor
Blueberry yogurt drops!!
Chutney
I make about a half dozen blueberry (and black berry, apple, and pear) crisps and put them in the freezer. In the fall, every couple of weekends, I wake the house up to the smell of fresh baked crisp (and warm up the kitchen).
Any “bad” ones you can make a dye with!
Lemon blueberry everything!
My sister got a freeze-dryer and has been turning apples, berries, and some veggies into powder that can be mixed into shakes. Might look into that.
We can them whole in light syrup. Then you can decide their fate when you are ready, but you save the freezer space.
Where is Berry Capital Canada?
Eat them!
Dehydrated or freeze dried. Fruit leather. Blueberry Lemonade concentrate.
I saw a picture of a pizza with blueberries, pineapple, red onion, regular pizza sauce…not sure if it had cheese. But I can see how that might taste pretty decent.
Dehydrated for tea blends
Lots of great sounding suggestions here, am filling in my “to try” brain for when I get some berry bushes. One thing I’ve lined to try is some sort of fruity BBQ sauce – my sister gifted me a huckleberry BBQ sauce from a trip to Montana and it’s awesome, would love to see if other varieties taste as good.
Pie, simple syrup, brandy or wine.
Blueberry lemon CURD! 😀 Fruit leather. Dehydrate them and cover them in chocolate then freeze them for a tasty treat.
Make blueberry pancake squares in a cake pan, bake, cut into individual pieces and freeze. Just re-heat for breakfast.
Dehydrate. I grind mine in a coffee grinder to make powder to put in smoothies and ice cream.
Freeze some, break some out in the winter for a frozen treat.
https://preview.redd.it/hbj7nhqtdydd1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3017b495cc6953ce148a6b711a634d12c84f7350
Pie filling
Cobbler and tarts😁
blueberry wine!
Pie preserves, compotes, ferments…
If you like to bake or know someone who does you can always make a pie topping/filling with them. All you would really need are the berries, some granulated sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch.
Just wanted to say hello neighbour! I have been eating blueberries like a fiend.
Pie, crumble, cobbler, cake
Syrup
ETA: Also pancakes freeze well
Muffins and Pancakes and Raspberry (red/black) and Blueberry pies. Infuse some Syrup. Blueberry Maple Syrup is amazing on French Toast or Pancakes or Waffles.
Make wine
Pies, pancakes, fresh eating, smoothies, booze.
Blueberry French toast casserole: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/unbelievable-blueberry-french-toast-casserole/
Blueberry waffles: https://www.kyleecooks.com/blueberry-waffles/
Blueberry dump cake: https://www.lovefromtheoven.com/blueberry-dump-cake/
Lemon blueberry cheesecake: https://www.oliveandmango.com/lemon-blueberry-cheesecake
Basically all of these blueberry recipes from the Olive & Mango: https://www.oliveandmango.com/tags/blueberries
And I know you said aside from jam, but just want to make sure you know about blueberry lime jam: https://www.bernardin.ca/recipes/en/blueberry-lime-jam.htm?Lang=EN-US
Can some pie filling. Hot blueberry pie in January!
Pie filling.
Dehydrate for salads later.
I’d make a blueberry-apple hard cider from those. You could make straight blueberry cider too, but they don’t produce a lot of juice. An apple cider without preservatives makes a great base to add berry juices to (I use Musselman’s cider when I can find it).
Hit up your local brew store for a good yeast– they can help you with flavor profiles and ABV. Certain yeasts take more time, but it’s worth it. For something like this I’d use a champagne yeast and give it at least 2 years before drinking.
Blueberry buckle and blueberry dumplings with cream. Yummmmmm.
Pass them along to me!
Make mead!