Blueberry Peach Float Recipes

PEACH AND BLUEBERRY CRUMBLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Immerse the peaches in boiling water for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until their skins peel off easily. Place them immediately in cold water. Peel the peaches, slice them into thick wedges, and place them in a large bowl. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, granulated sugar, and flour. Toss well. Gently mix in the blueberries. Allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes. Spoon the mixture into ramekins or custard cups.
• For the topping, combine the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until the butter is the size of peas. Rub the mixture with your fingertips until it's in big crumbles, then sprinkle evenly over the fruit. Place the ramekins on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the tops are browned and crisp and the juices are bubbly. Serve warm or at room temperature.
• If you want to make these early, store the unbaked crumbles in the refrigerator and bake before dinner.

PEACH BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Place one pie crust into a pie plate.
• Toss peaches and blueberries in a bowl with lemon juice. Mix sugar, tapioca, and salt in a small bowl and add to peach mixture; stir to combine. Allow fruit to rest for 15 minutes, then transfer to prepared pie plate. Scatter margarine pieces over fruit and brush the edge of the pie with water. Cover pie with remaining crust; press and seal the top and bottom crusts.
• Bake in preheated oven until crust is golden brown and fruit is bubbly 45 to 50 minutes.

BLUEBERRY AND PEACH CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Gently stir peaches, blueberries, and lemon juice together in an 8-inch square baking dish. Stir 2 tablespoons flour and white sugar into the fruit mixture.
• Stir oats, brown sugar, 1/4 cup flour, almonds, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a small bowl. Mash butter into the oats mixture with a pastry cutter or a fork until the mixture is crumbly; sprinkle over the fruit to cover.
• Bake in preheated oven until the fruit is bubbling and the topping is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

BLUEBERRY PEACH COBBLER

Steps:

• If using fresh fruit: Gently stir the peaches, blueberries, and 1/4 cup of sugar together in a bowl and let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, stirring a couple of times.
• If using frozen fruit: Combine the peaches and berries in a bowl and let sit for 20 to 30 minutes, until the fruit is partially thawed. Drain if the fruit has given off a lot of liquid, then return the fruit to the bowl. Stir in 1/4 cup of sugar and let sit another 10 or 20 minutes to allow the sugar to dissolve. (The fruit will give off more liquid but you don't want to drain it at this point.)
• Once the mixture has been sitting for 30 minutes, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt the butter and pour into the bottom of an 11- by 7-inch square (or 9-inch square) baking dish.
• Stir the flour, remaining 1 cup of sugar, milk, baking powder, and salt together in a mixing bowl until smooth. Pour over the melted butter.
• Pour the fruit (and all of the juices!) over the batter. There will seem to be a lot of liquid but that's normal. Don't be tempted to stir or swirl the batter and the fruit together!
• Set baking dish on a large baking sheet in case any juices bubble over, and bake 48 to 58 minutes, until the the fruit has sunk to the bottom of the pan and the cobbler is golden brown on top.
• Let cool for 30 minutes to an hour-longer is fine-so the juices can set up a bit, then serve with whipped cream or ice cream or even just a dusting of powdered sugar. (Although I strongly recommend ice cream!)
• Uneaten cobbler can be stored, covered, in the fridge for up to 3 days. (Be sure to cool your cobbler completely before covering and refrigerating it or it might sweat.)
• You can also freeze slices of cobbler in airtight containers for about a month. Defrost in the microwave or in the fridge overnight.

BLUEBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Slice butter into pieces and add to a 9x13 inch baking dish. Place the pan in the oven while it preheats, to allow the butter to melt. Once melted, remove the pan from the oven.
• Add blueberries, sugar and zest to a bowl and stir to combine.
• In a separate bowl mix together the batter ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the milk, just until combined.
• Pour blueberries over melted butter in pan. Drizzle batter over the top. Sprinkle with a little bit of cinnamon.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 35-40 minutes, or until lightly golden on top.
• Serve warm, with a scoop of ice cream, if desired!

BLUEBERRY PEACH JAM

Steps:

• Prepare canner and wash/sterilize 5 half-pint mason (or equivalent) jars. Keep jars in hot (not boiling) water until ready to use. Warm lids in hot (not boiling) water to sterilize and soften seal.In a food processor, pulse peaches until coarsely chopped. Add blueberries and pulse briefly until coarsely chopped; do not liquefy as you still want chunks of fruit in your final jam. You should have approximately 3 cups of chopped fruit.Pour fruit into a large, heavy saucepan along with lemon juice and calcium water and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.Whisk together pectin and sugar until evenly incorporated. Whisk in to fruit, stirring vigorously until completely dissolved. Continue to stir until mixture comes to a full rolling boil. Remove from heat and let sit for 5 minutes, skimming off any foam that may have formed.Ladle jam into jars, leaving 1/4-inch of headspace. Wipe jar rims and threads. Screw on lids and rings. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Remove from water and let cool completely, 12 to 24 hours. Check seals. Any unsealed jars should be refrigerated and used within 3 weeks.

BLUEBERRY PEACH FLOAT

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring to a boil the sugar, water, and vanilla bean. Once it boils add the frozen peaches and lemon juice and let them sit in the hot syrup 5 minutes. Remove the vanilla bean and puree the liquid. Strain into a shallow pan and freeze overnight. Scrape the next day and store in a container in the freezer until ready to serve the floats.
• To serve the floats, place a spoonful of the scraped peach granita in a small juice glass. Top with 6 or so fresh blueberries. Pour tonic water over to cover and serve with a straw, cut the straw shorter, if needed, to fit the glass.