Fresh Blueberries With Lemon Cream Food

BLUEBERRIES CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese, the first quantity of sugar (1/2 cup) and lemon juice in a small bowl until homogeneous. Pour in the pie shell. Put in the fridge.
• Spread the first quantity of blueberries on the cream cheese.
• In a saucepan, mix 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, water, blueberries and lemon juice.
• Heat and stir until boiling and it's thick.
• Let cool down. Spread on the blueberries. Put back in the fridge.

FRESH BERRIES WITH HONEY LEMON MASCARPONE CREAM

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the strawberries, blueberries, lemon zest, and lemon juice together. Set aside.
• In another bowl, stir together the mascarpone, yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, honey, and vanilla extract until creamy and uniform in texture. Taste and adjust for sweetness and tartness by adding more honey or lemon juice according to your personal preferences.
• Take two glasses and layer the fruit and cream. Serve immediately or chilled.

FRESH BLUEBERRY-LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Butter and lightly flour the sides of a 9-inch springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Place blueberries in a bowl and toss with 1 tablespoon flour and 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
• Beat eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer on high speed until thickened and light in color, at least 5 minutes. Mix in sour cream, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and salt on low speed until just combined. Add 2 cups flour and baking powder and mix until combined. Add lemon juice and lemon zest and mix well.
• Pour 1/2 the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Spread 1/2 the blueberry mixture over batter. Pour in remaining cake batter and spread remaining blueberries on top, pushing them halfway into the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove outer ring from springform pan and let cool completely. Dust top of cooked cake with confectioners' sugar using a small sifter.

LEMON BLUEBERRY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a bundt pan.
• Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar on medium-high for about 3 minutes.
• Add your eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• Continue beating adding a bit of the flour mixture to the egg mixture in intervals, a bit at a time.
• Add the lemon juice, zest, vanilla, and sour cream. Gently stir these into the batter with a spatula or wooden spoon.
• Gently fold in the blueberries.
• Spread the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
• Bake for 60 minutes, check for doneness. If a knife in the center doesn't come back clean, put the cake back in for another 10-15 minutes. (note: if the top is brown but the center isn't cooked, cover the top with aluminum foil to keep from burning)

BLUEBERRY CAKE WITH LEMON FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven: Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan) for 20 minutes before starting the batter. Place one shelf in the middle of the oven and a second beneath it.
• Cake pans: Grease 3 x 20cm / 8" cake pans with butter and line with parchment / baking paper. (Note 9 more pan sizes)
• Blueberries: Set aside ~1/3 of the blueberries (for scattering later). Toss the remaining blueberries in flour.
• Be prepared: Have all batter ingredients measured out and ready to add in. New to baking? Read 'Tips for Success' above recipe card.
• Combine dry ingredients: Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Whisk eggs: Beat eggs for 30 seconds on speed 6 of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, or hand beater.
• Add sugar, then beat: With the beater still going, pour the sugar in over 45 seconds. Then beat for 7 minutes on speed 8, or until tripled in volume and white.
• Gently add flour: Scatter 1/3 flour across surface of whipped eggs, then beat on Speed 1 for 5 seconds. Add half remaining flour, mix on Speed 1 for 5 sec. Add remaining flour, then mix on Speed 1 for 5 - 10 sec until the flour is just mixed in. Once you can't see flour, stop straight away.
• Whisk wet ingredients: Put sour cream, hot butter, oil, vanilla and lemon zest into the now-empty flour bowl. Whisk well until smooth.
• 'Temper' sour cream mix: Add about 1 1/2 cups of the egg mixture into the sour cream bowl (2 big scoops, no need to be accurate). Whisk well until smooth.
• Slowly combine sour cream mix and egg mix: Turn beater back on Speed 1 then scrape the sour cream mixture into the egg mixture over 15 seconds, then turn beater off.
• Scrape and final mix: Scrape down sides and base of bowl. Beat on Speed 1 for 10 seconds. The batter should be thick but soft, not runny and thin.
• Blueberries: Quickly but gently fold in flour coated blueberries.
• Divide batter between cake pans, smooth the surface. Scatter over reserved blueberries.
• Bake 25 minutes or until golden and toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean. (If you cannot fit all pans on one shelf, put 2 pans in the middle shelf and 1 pan underneath. Take the top pans out at 25 minutes, move the lower pan to middle shelf and bake for a further 3 minutes)
• Once out of oven, cool in cake pans for 15 minutes, then gently turn out onto cooling racks upside down. Peel off baking paper and cool upside down - any slight dome will flatten perfectly (for neat layers).
• Frost upside down layers with Cream Cheese Frosting! Decorate with extra blueberries, lemon slices and edible flowers, if desired.
• Beat butter with whisk attachment in stand mixer for 2 minutes until fluffy and creamy, and it becomes a paler colour. Add cream cheese, then beat for 30 seconds just until smooth.
• Add icing sugar / powdered sugar, then gently mix on speed 1 (to avoid an icing powder storm). If you do get a powder storm, cover with tea towel, then once mostly incorporated, beat on high for a full 2 minutes on Speed 7.
• Add vanilla and lemon juice, then beat for a further 30 seconds. Use immediately. (Note 11 re: frosting too sloppy)

FRIED GINGER-BLUEBERRY PIE WITH LEMON CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat a large skillet or saute pan with 1 inch of oil, on medium heat.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter and saute the ginger until soft. Add the blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice and simmer for 10 minutes until soft. Whisk in the cornstarch, stir 3 minutes, and let cool.
• Place small mound of filling on in the center of the egg roll skin and slightly wet edges. Fold over for a very tight seal. Shallow fry both sides until brown, about 2 minutes a side. Meanwhile, mix the zest with the whipped cream. Plating: Place small mound of leftover filling on a small plate. Place the pie on top. Drizzle with Maple syrup. Top with cream and powdered sugar. Garnish with remaining berries.

BLUEBERRY STREUSEL BARS WITH LEMON-CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a 9x13" metal baking pan with foil, leaving a 1" overhang on the ends. LIghtly butter the botton and sides of the foil.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, sugar, salt and baking powder. Using your fingers, blend butter completely into the flour mixture. Transfer 2 cups of crumb mixture to another bowl and reserve for topping. Blend the egg white into the remaining crumbs and then press the mixture into the bottom of the pan to form a level crust. Tamp it down with the bottom of a measuring cup to even it out. Bake crust until starts to form a dry top, 10-12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk the condensed milk, lemon juic, lemon zest, and egg yolk. Let this mixture stand for 5 minutes; it will beginto thicken.
• Sprinkle the blueberries evenly over th hot crust and drop spoonfuls of the lemon mixture over the blueberries. Spread gently with a spatula to distribute a little more evenly, but take care not to crush the blueberries. It's fine if lemon mixture isn't perfectly even. Bake until the lemon mixture just begins to form a shiny skin, 7-8 minutes.
• Sprinkle the reserved topping over the lemon-blueberry layer, pressing the streusel between your fingers into small lumps as you sprinkle. Bake until filling is bubbling at the edges and top is brown, 25-30 minutes.
• Let the bars cool in the pan on a rack until just warm, about an hour. Carefully lift them out of the pan using the foil overhang and transfer to a rack to cool completely. Remove the foil and cut into 24 bars when cool. The bars may be stored at room temperature for a few hours but otherwise should be kept in the refrigerator.

BLUEBERRIES OR RASPBERRIES WITH CREAM

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, add cheese, yogurt and honey.
• Using an electric mixer, beat at high speed until light and creamy.
• Stir in lemon zest.
• Layer lemon cream and blueberries or raspberries in dessert dishes or wineglasses.
• Garnish with a sprig of mint.

MINTED BLUEBERRIES WITH LEMON CREAM

Steps:

• In a very small saucepan simmer water and 1 tablespoon sugar until sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute, and in a small bowl toss with blueberries and mint. Chill blueberry mixture, covered, 15 minutes, or until cold. Divide blueberries between 2 Martini glasses.
• In a chilled bowl with an electric mixer beat cream with remaining tablespoon sugar until it just holds stiff peaks and fold in zest. Top blueberries with lemon cream.