Best Blueberry Grunt Food

BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• Pour blueberries and their juice into a 10 inch iron skillet or kettle. Stir in sugar. Cook until juice begins to boil, and lower heat.
• In medium mixing bowl, mix flour, baking powder, lemon rind, spices, and salt. Stir in milk until dry particles are just moistened. Drop dough by spoonfuls (8 dumplings) on top of simmering berry mixture, and cover skillet. Cook over medium-low heat until dough is puffed and cooked through. Serve dumplings with berry sauce and cold cream.

CAPE BRETON BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange the blueberries in the bottom of a casserole dish; sprinkle 1 cup sugar over the blueberries.
• Cream together the shortening, 1/2 cup sugar, and egg. Add the milk, flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat until evenly combined. Drop by spoonfuls on top of the blueberries.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes.

BLACKBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place a piece of foil on the bottom rack of the oven to catch any drippings.
• Place the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda into the bowl of a food processor and process for 3 to 4 pulses. Pour the mixture into a large mixing bowl and, using your hands, work the butter into the flour mixture until about half of the fat disappears and the rest is left in pea-size pieces. Make a well in the center of the mixture and add the buttermilk and stir with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon just until it comes together. Turn the mixture out onto a piece of parchment or waxed paper that has been lightly dusted with flour, shape into a ball and wrap and store in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.
• Combine the blackberries, sugar, water and ginger in a large mixing bowl. Pour the mixture into a 10-inch cast iron skillet and place over medium heat. Bring this to a simmer decrease the heat to medium low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes, or until the liquid is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Retrieve the dough from the refrigerator and gently drop it on the fruit mixture using a 1-ounce disher or large spoon, evenly distributing it over the top. Bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the top is just starting to brown. Remove from the oven and allow the grunt to cool for 15 to 30 minutes before serving.

BEST BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the berries, sugar, water and lemon juice.
• Heat to boiling and reduce to a simmer.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• Cut in the butter.
• Add the milk, all at once and mix only until moistened.
• Drop by spoonfuls into the simmering berries.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• DO NOT LIFT THE LID.
• Serve warm with Whipped Cream, Cream or Ice Cream.

PEACH & BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Butter a wide shallow ovenproof dish. Blend the cornflour with the orange zest and juice, and put in a large pan with the sugar. Halve, stone and slice the peaches and add to the pan. Bring slowly to the boil, stirring gently until the sauce is shiny and thickened, about 3-4 mins. Remove from the heat, stir in the blueberries and tip into the prepared dish.
• Tip the flour into a mixing bowl and add the 50g butter. Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then stir in half the sugar. Mix the remaining sugar with the cinnamon and set aside.
• Add the milk to the dry ingredients and mix to a soft dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly. Roll out to an oblong roughly 16 x 24cm. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle evenly with the spicy sugar. Roll up from one long side and cut into 12 slices. Arrange around the top of the dish, leaving the centre uncovered.
• Bake for 20-25 mins, until the topping is crisp and golden. Serve warm.

BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• Coat the slow cooker with butter-flavored nonstick cooking spray or grease with butter.
• In the slow cooker, combine the blueberries, ½ cup sugar, water, and tapioca; stir gently to coat the berries.
• Cover and cook on LOW for about 5 hours or until the berries have formed a thick sauce.
• To make the topping, whisk together the flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• In a small bowl, beat the milk and egg together; stir into flour mixture with a few strokes to form a soft dough.
• Turn the cooker temperature to HIGH and remove the lid.
• Drop the dough by heaping tablespoons on top of the hot blueberries.
• Cover and cook about 30 minutes until the topping is firm and a pick comes out clean (the topping will not brown).
• Turn the cooker off, remove the lid, and let the grunt rest for 10 minutes.
• Spoon into individual bowls and serve with heavy cream.

PEACH AND BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Butter a wide shallow ovenproof dish.
• Blend the corn starch with the orange zest and juice, and put in a large pan with the sugar.
• Peel, halve, stone and slice the peaches and add to the pan.
• Bring slowly to the boil, stirring gently until the sauce is shiny and thickened, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, stir in the blueberries and tip into the prepared dish.
• Tip the flour into a mixing bowl and add the 50 g butter.
• Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then stir in half of the sugar.
• Mix the remaining sugar with the cinnamon and set aside.
• Add the milk to the dry ingredients and mix to a soft dough.
• Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly.
• Roll out to an oblong roughly 16 x 24 cm.
• Brush with melted butter and sprinkle evenly with the spicy sugar.
• Roll up from one long side and cut into 12 slices.
• Arrange around the top of the dish, leaving the centre uncovered.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the topping is crisp and golden.
• Serve warm.

LOW-FAT BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• In large nonaluminum saucepan, combine berries and 1/2 cup brown sugar.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until berries come to a boil.
• Meanwhile, sift flours, baking powder, salt, remaining sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg into medium bowl.
• Add milk, mixing just to moisten.
• Drop dumplings by tablespoonfuls into boiling berries.
• Cover with tight-fitting lid.
• Lower heat slightly.
• Cook without lifting lid, about 15 minutes.
• To serve, using large spoon, transfer dumplings into bowl.
• Surround with berries.
• Break dumplings open with two forks.
• Serve warm, topped with vanilla ice cream or nondairy frozen vanilla dessert.

BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• In a skillet, combine blueberries, sugar and water; bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. , In a bowl, combine the next six ingredients; stir in milk just until moistened (dough will be stiff). Drop by tablespoonfuls over blueberries. , Cover and cook 10-15 minutes or until dumplings are puffed and test done. Serve warm with cream if desired.

BLUEBERRY GRUNT

Steps:

• Combine blueberries, sugar, brown sugar, lemon juice, and water in a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
• Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon zest. Mix well.
• Cut in the butter until it is incorporated throughout and crumbly.
• Stir in milk all at once and stir until just combined.
• Drop dumpling mixture by spoonfuls into simmering blueberry mixture (approximately 6 dumplings).
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes - do not lift the lid during this time!
• Using a large spoon, transfer dumplings to bowls and cover with blueberry sauce.