Blueberries At Almost Heaven South

Earlier this year, I showed some pictures of our blueberry bushes loaded with blooms and they are now loaded with berries – more than we can use on cereal and casually eating.  So the family baker decided to take matters into her own hands and whip up a strudel.  As is normal for her, she used the following recipe from puffpastry.com as a guide.

Ingredients:
1 egg

1 tablespoon water

1 package (16 ounces) frozen peach slices, thawed and well drained

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1/4 cup chopped pecans

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 of a 17.3-ounce package Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Sheets (1 sheet), thawed

2 tablespoons coarse sugar or granulated sugar 

Directions

·         Heat the oven to 400°F.  Beat the egg and water in a small bowl with a fork.  Stir the peaches, brown sugar, flour, pecans and vanilla extract in a large bowl.

·         Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface.  Roll the pastry sheet into a 14x12-inch rectangle.  Spoon the peach mixture lengthwise down the center of the pastry.  Cut slits 1 inch apart from the 2 sides of the pastry rectangle to within 1/2 inch of the peach mixture.  Starting at one end, fold the pastry strips over the peach mixture, alternating sides, to cover the peach mixture.  Brush the pastry with the egg mixture.  Sprinkle with the coarse sugar.  Place the pastry onto a baking sheet.

·         Bake for 25 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown.  Let the pastry cool on the baking sheet on a wire rack for 20 minutes.

That’s the recipe, but here’s what she did – she used two fresh peaches and the blueberries which ended up being 1 ¼ lb of total fruit and omitted the nuts.

It was delicious and suited my taste perfectly.  Unlike many desserts of this type which are thick, gooey, and super sweet, this was barely thick and lightly sweet – more like eating warmed fresh fruit.  It wouldn’t be thick enough to use in a pie, but should be perfect for turnovers.

Since then she's picked about another gallon and they went into the freezer.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

One year ago:  Growing Blueberries

Larry