Got to Be NC
Recipe by: Lisa Prince

So Easy Blueberry-Pecan Crunch

This recipe is courtesy of Jean Anderson from her latest cookbook: Crisps, Cobblers, Custards & Desserts. A delicious read filled with inspired creations many of which feature a number of NC “top crops”.

Servings: 12
Cook Time: Prep Time: 20 minutes; Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Meal Type: Dessert
NC Ingredients: Blueberries, Pecans

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Ingredients

Homemade Biscuit Mix:
4
½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
2
Tbsp. double-acting baking powder
4
tsp. sugar
1
tsp. salt
10
Tbsp. refrigerator-cold unsalted butter
Crunch Mix:
1
½ quarts (6 cups) fresh or solidly frozen blueberries
1
tsp. finely grated orange zest
1/2
cup fresh orange juice
3/4
cup sugar
3/4
cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, melted
1
cup moderately coarsely chopped pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spritz 13 x 9 x 2 – inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

 Homemade Biscuit Mix (can substitute commercial biscuit mix here) Place flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in large bowl and whisk until well combined. Add butter and using a pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until texture of lentils.

Toss blueberries with orange zest, spread over bottom of baking dish, and drizzle with orange juice.

Combine 2 2/3 cups Homemade Biscuit Mix (freeze the remaining biscuit mix for several months) with ¾ cup sugar. Sprinkle mixture evenly on top of blueberries, then drizzle melted butter evenly over pudding and scatter with pecans.

Slide onto middle oven shelf and bake until lightly browned – 45 to 50 minutes.

Serve at once as is or garnish with 1 cup heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks, or 1 pint vanilla ice cream.

 
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Recipes found on this page are from Got to Be NC members, staff, industry partners and Stove Side Chats. Stove Side Chats is Got to Be NC’s cooking show hosted by restaurant marketing specialist Chad Blackwelder. This series invites chefs and home cooks from around the state to teach you how to cook with in-season North Carolina deliciousness.