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One of the iconic elements of summer, berries are a crowd-pleasing favorite. And, and although it’s hard to top a perfect, ripe berry, they are a wonderful ingredient to cook with. Here are a number of favorite berry recipes. They’re ideal in crisps, cobblers, and fruit salads.
When purchasing berries, sample first if you can, and evaluate how they taste. The flavor of berries can change in sweetness dramatically from week to week. Make sure there is no mold, or soft spots. And be excessively gentle when transporting. Berries freeze well, so buy them in season, freeze on a cookie sheet, and transfer to a double bag until ready to use.
Berry Pie
When you have an abundance of blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, or huckleberries, this is the berry pie to make. It’s classic, with a juicy, sugar-kissed, mixed berry filling. Pair it with a flaky, all-butter crust and you have the ideal berry pie on your hands.
Homemade Blackberry Syrup
This chile-infused blackberry syrup is slow-burning, sweet and spicy, and homemade. Inspired by a recipe in the September 2007 issue of Gourmet Magazine, it’s great in spritzers, over pancakes, in oatmeal, and on and on.
Better Breakfast Cereal
This is going to make your mornings better. Combine entire boxes of healthful cereal into your biggest bowl, add extra oats, oat bran, ground flax seeds, and freeze-dried berries. Now you have plenty of breakfasts ready to go.
A Lesson in Juicing
I inherited a professional juicer, juiced everything in sight, and learned some things in the process.
Summer Fruit Salad
A summer fruit salad featuring berries, peaches and pluots. It is drizzled with a citrusy lemongrass and honey dressing, topped with toasted walnuts, and lots of mint.
Blackberry Limeade
This blackberry limeade is a stunning jeweled-toned refresher, perfect for summer, from the cookbook Screen Doors and Sweet Tea by Martha Hall Foose.
Baked Oatmeal Cups
Baked oatmeal cups are the perfect on-the-go breakfast staple. These are made with oats, bananas, and lots of berries, then baked into golden deliciousness.
Vegan Berry Swirl Ice Cream
Intense, bright strawberry or raspberry sorbet threaded with the creamiest waves of vanilla is hard to beat. This version is vegan and dairy-free.
Heidi’s Coffee Cake
A stunner of a coffee cake with extra thick streusel topping and blueberries bursting into the tender crumb in dramatic fashion. Rustic and rye flour based.
Summer Berry Crisp
A favorite summer berry crisp - ripe berries cook into a thick, jammy, wine-spiked fruit sludge beneath a crispy, oat-flecked top.
