Blueberry Fritters Beignets Aux Myrtille Recipes

TARTE AUX MYRTILLES (BLUEBERRY TART)

Steps:

• For the dough: In a food processor, combine the flour, powdered sugar, vanilla and 125 g butter. Add milk and egg yolk. Blend until you have a smooth dough.
• Wrap with foil and refrigerate for one hour.
• Spread dough into spring form and pierce with a fork. Let rest for another hour.
• For the almond cream: Zest and juice the lemon. Beat together brown sugar and eggs, add ground almonds and soft butter, then add lemon zest and juice. Let rest for an hour.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Fill almond cream into prepared crust, let bake for about 30 minutes.
• Remove half baked tarte from the oven and top with frozen blueberries. Put back into the oven for 15 minutes, then remove from oven, let cool a bit, then remove rim of the spring form and let cool the tart on a rack.

BEIGNETS WITH MISSISSIPPI BLUEBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the blueberries, the 3/4 cup of sugar, and water, puree in a food processor, and pass through a fine sieve. Taste, and add more sugar if necessary. Set aside.
• To make the beignets, combine and sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and 1/2 cup of sugar in a large bowl.
• Combine the water, milk, and egg in a small bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and combine thoroughly.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium-high heat until it reaches 325F on a deep-fry thermometer.
• Use 2 teaspoons, one in each hand. Lift a spoonful of batter with one spoon, and push the batter into the hot oil with the other. Fry no more than 10 beignets at a time; crowding the pot will reduce the oil temperature and cause the beignets to be greasy and soggy.
• Adjust the heat to maintain the temperature at 325°F Fry each batch for 6 to 7 minutes, until golden brown and cooked all the way through. Check for doneness by splitting one open.
• Drain on a rack or paper towels. Soon after removing the beignets from the oil, place the powdered sugar into a sieve and generously dust the beignets with the sugar.
• Ladle equal portions of the blueberry sauce onto each of 6 plates, and arrange 5 beignets around the sauce.