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Berry Recipes

Huckleberry Martini Recipe

The aroma of this dark purple cocktail is simply delicious.  The flavor is a blend of huckleberry and a hint of mango. Ingredients:        Makes 1 Drink 1 1/2oz Infused Huckleberry Vodka (see how to flash-infuse alcohol for recipe & technique) 1/2oz Cointreau 1oz Huckleberry Puree (we made ours with 2 cups frozen huckleberries, 2 tbsp …

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Wild Huckleberry Daiquiri Recipe

This gorgeous, simple cocktail is very smooth with a pleasant mild huckleberry flavor, rum & a hint of lime. Ingredients:      Makes 1 Drink 3/4oz Huckleberry Simple Syrup 2oz White Rum (we used Bacardi) 1/2oz Lime Juice Fresh or thawed Huckleberries for garnish Directions: 1. Fill a shaker with ice and add the simple syrup, rum …

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Huckleberry Clafouti Recipe

Clafoutis are creamy, fluffy, custard-like cakes.  They’re easy to make, incredibly tasty, and traditionally made with cherries. We love this beautiful, delicious, and incredibly comforting wild huckleberry version. Drink Pairing: White Dessert Wine Ingredients:                                     Makes Six Servings 1 1/4 cup Huckleberries (fresh or thawed frozen) 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar …

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Huckleberry Sauce Recipe

This sauce tastes of sweet, musky huckleberries, piney, resinous sage, and rich chicken stock. It pairs deliciously with venison, duck, wild boar, elk…almost any game meat or game bird.  Ingredients: 1/2lb Huckleberries (either fresh huckleberries or frozen huckleberries) 1-2 Sage Leaves 1 cup low salt/unsalted Chicken Stock (homemade chicken stock would be even better) 1 …

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How to Make Simple Syrup

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Includes huckleberry, peppercorn, and liquor flavored simple syrup recipes. Simple syrup is so called because it’s…well…simple.  A base simple syrup is nothing more than 1 part water to 1 part sugar.  Use simple syrup to sweeten cold drinks like lemonade, cocktails or hibiscus tea without endless stirring.  Dab it onto cakes before you frost them to …

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Cool Party Trick – Carbonating Fruit

You read that right, carbonating fruit.  With creative use of a cream whipper/foamer (those canisters they dispense whipped cream from at your coffee shop) you can temporarily carbonate the juice within cut fruit.  The results are fizzy, fun and a great way to wow you guests at parties. Though you can’t actually tell from the …

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Ginger Huckleberry Sorbet Recipe

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Pureed huckleberries provide most of the flavor of this sorbet, but we’ve added ginger to introduce another layer of taste.  If you would prefer just a hint of ginger, cut the number of disks in half.  They can also be eliminated completely if you prefer a pure huckleberry sorbet. Ginger Huckleberry Sorbet Makes about 1 pint. Ingredients: …

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Balsamic Strawberries with Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients: 1 pint fresh strawberries, preferably organic 2 tablespoons Aged Balsamic Vinegar* Premium vanilla ice cream *if using regular balsamic vinegar, use 2 teaspoons sucanat or 1 teaspoon honey dissolved into 2 tablespoons vinegar Technique: Rinse strawberries and pat dry. Cut thinly into 1/8 inch slices. Place in bowl and drizzle with balsamic vinegar; toss …

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Huckleberry Smoothie Recipe

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My breakfast for at least 250 days out of the year is a berry smoothie. It has the perfect mix of sugar and protein to keep me evenly energized until lunch … no sugar highs and crashes.  Plus, it is naturopathic doctor (my wife) approved. When I have huckleberries on hand they are my top choice …

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Huckleberry Creme Puree Recipe

with Vanilla Crème Fraiche & Tellicherry Pepper Syrup Makes at least 50 servings. Ingredients 7 cups + 2 tsp. Sugar 2 cups Water 2 quarts heavy cream 5 lbs. frozen huckleberries 6 tbsp. Tellicherry peppercorns 16 oz. crème fraiche 4 Vanilla Beans Huckleberry Puree 1. Add 5 lbs. huckleberries, 5 cups sugar and 2 quarts …

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