An extraordinary Valtellina blueberry pie. Land of vines, but not only
Valtellina land of vines, recognized for the production of some varieties of apples and buckwheat, has been known for some years also for the production of excellent blueberries.
Today, the cultivation of Valtellina blueberries has reached a good level of production, and other varieties are being tested, to the point of deserving the name of blue valley. Blueberries are, for all intents and purposes, counted among the typical products and are used for the preparation of pies and cakes such as the simple and incredibly good one, with buckwheat flour and local blueberry jam or, in season, a compote of fresh fruits and sugar.
Here we propose a variant with the addition of hazelnut flour which makes the dough softer, also giving it a more delicate and refined taste.
Recipe
Ingredients
100 g of buckwheat flour 150 g of 00 flour 150 g of hazelnut flour 6 eggs 300 g of sugar 100 g of melted butter 1 sachet of yeast 1 jar of blueberry jam
Method
Beat the eggs vigorously with the sugar, add the melted butter. Incorporate the flour and baking powder gently with a wooden spoon. Pour into a cake pan, previously buttered and floured and bake at 150 ° for 45 minutes. Remove it from the oven when cooked, cut into two disks and distribute a generous layer of jam. Cover with the second disk and sprinkle with plenty of icing sugar. You can further enrich the dessert by covering it with a light layer of whipped cream and fresh blueberries.
Black, red and blue: these are the blueberries, small berries that grow spontaneously along the mountain paths between the end of July and August. Perfect to eat when freshly picked, they are perfect as a garnish for desserts or cooked with meat and fish.
They are born in the undergrowth, in bushes little more than half a meter high, they are small and (often) black: i blueberries they are the most loved among the berries, for their unmistakable flavor and for theirs antioxidant properties. In addition, they should be consumed regularly because they are good for the heart and help slow cellular aging. They are harvested spontaneously in the months of July and August, but can be found all year round in supermarkets from greenhouse crops. They are excellent used in pastry, for the preparation of cakes and biscuits, but they are also very suitable to combine with meat, fish and pasta dishes. Let's see together how to bring them to the table.
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Ricotta and blueberry cream
A sweet easy and quick to make. Take 600 g of sheep's milk ricotta, work it with a wooden spoon until it becomes soft. Add 3 tablespoons of brown sugar and mix well, until the sugar has completely blended. Melt a knob of butter in a pan and then add 400 g of blueberries. Cover and cook over low heat until they are flaked. Then transfer them to a bowl e blend them with a mixer. Place the ricotta in 4 small bowls, add a tablespoon of blueberry cream still hot and sprinkle everything with flakes of almond. Serve immediately.
Risotto with blueberries
An unusual and interesting dish. To prepare the risotto with blueberries, take 150 g of blueberries and cook them with a little water in a non-stick pan. Cooking will allow the blueberries to maintain their beautiful color. Brown 150 g of crumbled pork sausage with a little oil and a sprig of sage. Slice a small onion, fry in a little oil, add the rice, toast it over a high heat, pour in a finger of wine and continue cooking, stirring often, adding the hot stock (about 1,200 liters) a little at a time. . After 15 minutes add the cooked blueberries which you will have smoothie, the sausage, salt and pepper; stir in plenty of grated cheese and serve immediately with a few fresh blueberries.
Blueberry salad and smoked sword
For a light and tasty lunch break. Take the smoked swordfish slices and cut them into strips. Put the bowl in a bowl valerian cleaned and dried, peeled alive slices of an orange and then cut them in half. Unite i blueberries, washed and dried, pine nuts and carrots julienne cut. Season the salad with an emulsion made with the juice of a filtered orange, a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and Maldon salt.
Pork fillet with blueberries and mint
Get yourself a pork fillet to prepare this dish. Cut it into cubes, place it in a large bowl and leave it to marinate for two hours in half a glass of soy sauce and half a glass of balsamic vinegar. Put in a non-stick pan 50 g of butter and blueberries. Add a tablespoon of sugar cane and brown until the sugar has completely melted. In the same pot then add the meat, drained from the marinade and cook over high heat for about ten minutes. Turn off, add the mint leaves and serve.
Blueberry popsicles
What's better than this snack for children, healthy and full of vitamins? The only thing you need to have is molds to cool the popsicles in the freezer, you will need the rest blueberries, plain yoghurt and little sugar. Put 125 g of washed blueberries in a saucepan with a spoonful of brown sugar and one of water. Cook until the blueberries have dissolved and the sugar has melted and then blend them with a mixer, to have a homogeneous compound. When they have cooled, add 150 g of plain yoghurt, stir and transfer everything to the popsicle molds. Let cool in the freezer for 6 hours and then enjoy them!
Detox juice with blueberries
Blueberries are known, they have purifying properties, so they are perfect to be consumed during breakfast. You can prepare a detoxifying juice, blending blueberries with almond milk and with a little of grated ginger. Once shakes, add a teaspoon of Acacia's honey, mix and mix on an empty stomach this mix of vitamins and antioxidants, to start your day with energy.
Black, blue and red: they are all the colors of blueberry, a fruit rich in antioxidants and vitamins, which is harvested on mountain paths in summer.
Pecks, tasty and rich in nutritional properties: blueberries, despite their size, they are a concentrate of vitamins and anthocyanins, pigments with a protective action at the level of the circulatory system. Blueberries are also known for their action on free radicals, responsible for cellular aging. These fruits ripen in the summer, in the undergrowth of the mountainous areas of the Alps and the Apennines, on plants no more than 60 cm high. There are three different varieties:black, blue and red, and all have a high quantity of antioxidant substances, capable of preventing heart disease, slowing down the natural cellular aging process and preventing certain cancers.
Blueberries, where they are found in Italy
Blueberries are found spontaneously from 600 meters up in the fresh and shady woods of the Alps and the Apennines throughout Italy. To collect the dark and juicy berries, since they are small and the seedling is rather low, a special comb is used. But if you collect them for home use it is better to use … children! They will have a great time and are at the right height to get to the bushes!
The blueberry in the kitchen
Whole or transformed into jams, blueberry is a very versatile ingredient, not only in sweet preparations. In northern Europe, in fact, it is often reduced to gelatin to accompany game meats. Also in our kitchens it is often used to prepare risottos or compound to matchto mature cheeses.
The best in pastry!
It is in the pastry, however, that the blueberry gives its best. Many are prepared with blueberriescakes, biscuits and canapés: these fruits are suitable both as a filling, together with a custard, and as a decoration. Blueberries can also be made freeze: in this case it is better to use them to create creams or compotes, not to decorate, because with freezing they lose their consistency. With these berries you can prepare tasty ice creams or even sorbets, to be served between courses. But the versatility of this small fruit does not end here: with blueberries you can make refreshing juices or, by distillation, read spirits, to be consumed after a meal.
Blueberries to spread, not just to eat: when a fruit becomes a medicine
It often happens that some foods possess beneficial qualities also from the cosmetic point of view and are used for the preparation of ointments or beauty creams. This is the case of cranberries, which, having many refreshing and astringent properties, are used by specialists as the basis for creams that are used to combat skin blemishes such as couperose. The astringent action blueberry helps in fact to strengthen the capillary walls, reducing this unpleasant visual effect. When you say a remedy for everything …
Antiacne recipe with blueberries
Ingredients: blueberries, water Cook the berries with a little water and apply them warm with gauze to the skin. The decoction, ie the cooking liquid, can be used to gargle in case of inflammation of the mouth.
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