The ingredient: 3 blueberry recipes

By Hallmark staff on September 8, 2016

As part of breakfast or dessert—or simply alone, by the bowlful—these fragrant little fruits are the taste of summer. Try any of these blueberry recipes to add fresh flavor to your summer menus: Spiced Blueberry Breakfast Cake, Panna Cotta with Blueberry-Ginger Sauce and Roast Pork Loin with Blueberry Salsa.

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Spiced blueberry breakfast cake

Made with fresh blueberries, cornmeal, cinnamon and sugar, this quick and easy blueberry upside-down breakfast cake makes a scrumptious summer treat.

Panna cotta recipe with blueberry-ginger sauce

Panna cotta with blueberry-ginger sauce

Made with low-fat yogurt, our creamy panna cotta is topped with a fresh blueberry sauce to create a sweet and simple summer dessert you’ll savor.

Roast pork loin recipe with blueberry salsa

Roast pork loin with blueberry salsa

Fresh blueberry salsa turns this spicy glazed pork loin into a summer flavor sensation. Every tasty bite of this juicy roasted pork is a blueberry delight!

Did you know?

With nearly 90 percent of all blueberries on the market grown in North America (a quarter come from Maine), they are truly an American pleasure. Today, more than 30 species are grown commercially. Wild blueberries thrive in glacial soils and cool northern climates, particularly in Maine and parts of Canada. Wild berries often end up either canned or frozen.
Peak blueberry season runs from late May through mid-August, but you can still find a trickle of locally grown berries at the market through October. Wild blueberries have a much shorter growing season, usually from mid-July through late August. Any time of the year, though, you can enjoy dried berries for their intense flavor and particularly concentrated nutrient punch.
Consistently ranked as one of the top five sources of dietary antioxidants, blueberries have been shown to neutralize free-radical damage—which in turn may help minimize your risk of developing heart disease and certain cancers (and also nourish your skin). Just 1 cup of cultivated berries has nearly 4 grams of fiber and about a fifth of your daily vitamin C and vitamin E needs.
In precolonial America, Native Americans used blueberries in a savory dish called pemmican, which was a combination of ground-up meat and dried berries.
Colonists first took to blueberries in the mid-1600s; by the 1880s, a blueberry canning industry was established in the Northeast.
When blueberries are cooked, their bluish gray skin turns a spectacular shade of magenta. This happens because the process breaks down the cell walls and releases pigments called anthocyanins.

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