In The Kitchen With Kat-Blueberry Five Bites
So, the other day when it dawned on me just how many people were going to be showing up to my hub's impromptu 4-H shoot and BBQ, I had a bit of a panic about food availability.
Usually, I have time to plan and make sure that I have an appropriate amount of comestibles for whatever sized crowd I'm feeding. I want everyone in attendance to have a myriad of tasty food options and leave the event nice and full.
So, even though we had a massive brisket cooking and a few sides, plus the parents were supposed to be bringing things, well, I just wasn't completely satisfied there was going to be enough food for the fete, so I went searching through my kitchen realm for something quick and easy to whip up.
Sitting in the top of my fridge was a piping bag full of my favorite quick and easy vanilla pastry cream filling. I had made it a couple days previous to fill some Boston Cream Cupcakes, and there was quite a lot of it left. Hmmm...
There was also a quart bag of fresh blueberries and after a quick check in my pantry I saw that I had plenty of graham crackers. My thought train was building momentum and as soon as the words, I wonder left my mouth I knew I had something to whip up.
That something was a tribute to blueberry cheesecake in amuse-bouche form, a deconstructed cheesecake bite of deliciousness and ease of portability and eating. Well, at least I hoped as much.
So, to start with, I placed a sheet of parchment paper on a cookie sheet and lined the tray with graham cracker squares. Then I got out a small saucepan and plunked some blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice in it. Before long I had those blueberries simmering and I smashed them a bit as they cooked with a potato smasher.
After they bubbled and broke down a bit (around five minutes), I got out a cup and whisked some cornstarch and water in it and poured the cornstarch mixture into the bubbling blueberries, smashing and stirring until the mixture thickened nicely. I poured that blueberry sauce into a bowl and plopped it into the freezer for thirty minutes.
After the blueberry mixture had chilled, I spread a bit of it on top of each graham cracker square. Then came the fun part, using the piping bag full of pastry cream, I made five dots of cream on top of each blueberry sauced smeared graham cracker. They looked like little dice.
And even better, they tasted amazing! Seriously, some people ate multiples and I got lots of compliments on them, which kinda made my day as they were a spur of the moment, what am I gonna make invention.
So if you are looking for a quick, easy, refreshing dessert for a party on a hot day, I am pretty sure you will like these little luscious, creamy blueberry bites!
Blueberry Five Bites
1 pack of graham crackers, split in half (You should have a minimum of 18 squares)
For the pastry cream
1-3 ounce box vanilla instant pudding
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup milkBeat ingredients with a mixer until light and fluffy, chill until ready to use, I put my pastry cream in a piping bag.
For the blueberry sauce
1 cup blueberries
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 TBSP cornstarch
2 TBSP waterPlace blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat for at least five minutes. Smash blueberries with potato smasher as they cook.
In a small cup or bowl stir cornstarch and water together, whisk into cooking blueberries. Stir and cook until thickened. Chill blueberry sauce in freezer at least thirty minutes until room temp or colder.
Spread blueberry sauce on each graham cracker. Then, using piping bag, pipe five dots of pastry cream on each blueberry coated graham. You could also just spread a layer, but I was feeling creative that day!
Chill until ready to serve! This recipe makes 18 squares.
Sounds delicious. I will have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
Aww, thanks so much @rcaine!
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That's so bloody inventive!! Awesome, one to try for the kids!
Thanks😊 They turned out pretty dandy, so I had to share them and I hope the kids like them as much as our flock did lol!
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If it has sugar in any form they will like em!
Clever girl. They look tasty and, oh so inviting ❤️🤗💕💕🤗❤️❤️🥂🥂🥂🥂
LOL! Thank you so much for the kind words and for reminding me of this:
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Quick and delicious. I'm bookmarking your recipe for the pastry cream. And I love Graham Crackers as crust for cheesecake. You dessert is like mini blueberry cheesecakes.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for your awesome comment! And yes, I love things that are both quick and delicious, hope you enjoy the pastry cream, I use that filling/cream in a lot of things!
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Often these improvised, improvised things we do on the run in the kitchen turn out delicious. These look not only easy but really yummy 😋
Oh I so agree with you! I love it when an improvisation comes together lol!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Oooh! Not just looks delicious but also looks fun while making it. Love the fact that you're also doing the jam from scratch too. Would sure love to try what it tastes like.
Thank you so much! And yep, I did have a bunch of fun throwing them together, especially the piping and making them look like little five dice part😊
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Now that is what a call a blueberry dessert, it looks very tempting.
Thanks so much @afterglow 😊
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Compliments are well deserved, they do look really good from here and I bet they taste even better, yumyum! 🤤
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Thanks so much @drlobes! I'm really happy with how the experiment turned out lol!
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Looks tasty and healthy. 😋
Thanks for sharing this quick and easy recipe. 🙂
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Thanks so much! They were a lot of fun to throw together!
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Those are awesomely inventive. A rather easy and quick dessert.
I love my blueberries, and they are so healthy. Just loaded with antioxidants and bioflavonoids.
They look very tasty.
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They weren't over-poweringly sweet either! And aren't blueberries just amazing! I love using them in all sorts of stuff😊 Thanks so much @beststart!
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Great work! Very creative! I wouldnt think to do that.
Thanks so much @mypathtofire! It was a panic creation lol!
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You just reminded me that I unplugged my dehydrated ... mid job ... when it got to hot last night. Yikes.
The crackers look awesome. I haven't put cream cheese in my low carb cakes for a bit ... time too do it once again.
You should do a cook book, Kat. You have great ideas:)
amazing! have to try this!!
I do love your kitchen inventiveness! Looks wonderful.
Thanks so much!!