Blueberry Recipes from The DiMeo Family
Our customers always ask us for homemade blueberry recipes, so in this section we are going to give you some good old fashioned recipes straight from Grandmom “Millie” DiMeo's cookbook. So let’s get right to it and start off with her classic blueberry pie recipe which will be the best South Jersey blueberry pie you have ever had. Here are the ingredients for this traditional blueberry pie with a delicious flaky hand-made crust. You can make it any time of year with fresh or frozen organic blueberries from DiMeo Farms.
Grandmom DiMeo’s Blueberry Pie Recipe
Flaky Pie Crust Ingredients
2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks (6 ounces) butter, cut into small pieces
5 to 6 tablespoons of ice water
Directions: Make the flaky pie crust first. Mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles course meal. Then stir in 5 tablespoons of water until it’s moistened. If the dough seems dry, stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon of water. Then turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it at least 3 times. Then divide it into two pieces and pat it into 6-inch disks, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate until chilled at least one hour. Roll out flaky blueberry pie pastry into two 12-inch rounds 1/8 inch thick on a lightly floured surface. Fit one round into a 9” inch glass pie plate, then transfer another round to a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Blueberry Pie Filling Ingredients
4 cups of DiMeo blueberries
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Directions: Make the blueberry pie filling and pie itself. First, preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Put the organic blueberries into a bowl with sugar, flour and fresh squeezed lemon juice. Pour filing into the blueberry pie crust. Second step is to lightly brush rim of bottom pie crust with water. Then drape the top crust over filling. Press dough edges together and trim overhang to 1/2” inch then fold overland under and crimp it with your fingers. Then use a super sharp knife to make decorative 1’ inch slashes in the center of the blueberry pie crust. Bake your fresh blueberry pie for 1 hour or until the blueberry pie filling is bubbling and the pie crust is golden brown. Then carefully transfer to a wire rack and cool the blueberry pie before serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Grandmom DiMeo’s Blueberry Pancakes
Here's how to make blueberry pancakes from scratch with DiMeo blueberry farms old fashioned blueberry pancake recipes direct from Grandmom Mildred “Millie” DiMeo's family farm kitchen in Hammonton New Jersey. There is nothing like a family breakfast on Sunday mornings with fresh organic blueberry pancakes made at home. Another good reason to stock up your freezer with blueberries from our pick your own blueberry farm so you can do things like this during the winter and make pancakes from the blueberries you picked.
You con enjoy protein pancakes for kids, and know that you picked your own Heirloom, Non-GMO, organic blueberries yourself in your own backyard organic blueberry garden. Grandmom DiMeo would always make the grandkids chocolate blueberry pancakes for breakfast on Sunday mornings. She lived a long, healthy life until she was 98 years-old. Grandmom Millie would even bring her grandchildren breakfast in front of the television in the den as they watched Sunday morning Philadelphia cartoons like Captain Noah and His Magical Ark on Philly Channel 6.
1 1/2 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
1/4 cup melted organic butter
4 farm fresh egg yolks from free range chicken eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup raw sugar
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
8 NJ farm fresh egg whites
2 1/2 cups of fresh DiMeo's blueberries
In a medium-sized bowl, combine ricotta cheese, melted organic butter and 4 farm fresh egg yolks until all blended. In a small bowl, stir together the flour, raw sugar and lemon peel. Stir dry ingredients into ricotta mixture. In a medium-sized bowl, beat farm fresh egg whites until they form soft peaks. Fold egg whites and then add DiMeo Blueberries or your own organcially grown berries into batter. Over medium heat, form hot cakes by spooning 1/4 cup of batter per blueberry pancake onto a hot lightly greased griddle or skillet. Cook the blueberry pancakes nicely, turning once, until your homemade blueberries pancakes are browned in about 4 minutes. Yields 24 delicious old fashioned homemade blueberry pancakes from scratch by Grandmom Millie DiMeo's blueberry farm kitchen are made with only the freshest Jersey Fresh farm ingredients and lots of love.
Grandpop DiMeo's Blueberry Smoothie
This is a little special blueberry treat that Grandpop “Tony” DiMeo would ask Grandmom “Millie” DiMeo to make for him on a Sunday afternoon. A blueberry desert that he enjoyed while watching a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game, or Philadelphia Eagles football game during his only day of rest on Sunday. The rest of his days were spent working hard on the DiMeo family blueberry farms in Hammonton. You can add a handful of healthy organic aronia berries if you want an extra antioxidant boost of energy for this berry smoothie recipe. Just think of all the money you can save by growing your own organic berries. Make an investment in your health and grow your own organic aronia back chokeberries. Then you can make healthy treats like this.
1 cup pineapple, orange and strawberry juice blend or pineapple orange juice, 1 pint fresh DiMeo blueberry farms blueberries or 2 cups (10 ounces) of frozen NJ blueberries
1 container (8 ounces) low fat organic vanilla yogurt
2 1/2 teaspoons raw sugar
In a blender, combine DiMeo blue berry farms fresh NJ blueberries, juice, organic yogurt and sugar. Blend together for 1 minute until its nice and smooth. Serve the smoothie immediately in pre-chilled glass. You can garnish it with blueberry skewers spiraled with thin strips of fresh orange peel. Makes two (2) blueberry smoothie drinks. Be sure to make this smoothie your own home grown berries or with locally grown organic blueberries.
You can also make a healthy blueberry smoothie with fresh aronia berries (a.k.a. aronia black chokeberries) with higher antioxidant health benefits (three times more than blueberries) with fresh aronia berries grown as part of your edible landscaping. Go to our blueberry plants section on this official website to see organic aronia berry plants for sale by DiMeo Farms. Aronia berries are super healthy for you. Eating healthy aronia berries can greatly improve your health and immunity to sickness, virus and colds. Call us now to learn about planting aronia berry bushes for sale (609) 561-5905. Take the first step toward better health and longevity. The kids pictured below picked fresh organic aronia berries straight off the aronia black chokeberry plants at our NJ berry plants nursery and along the forest next to our NJ Pinelands nature trails.
Grandmom DiMeo's Blueberry Muffin Recipe
Learn how to make old fashioned homemade blueberry muffins from scratch with our delicious blueberry muffin recipes by grandmom Mildred "Millie" DiMeo of DiMeo Blueberry Farms in New Jersey. This blueberry recipe was featured in Hobby Farm Home Magazine on pg. 66 of July/August edition which features our DiMeo family blueberry farms in NJ. Check out a photo from the gardening magazine on our DiMeo blueberry plants happy customer photo gallery on our DiMeo Farms healthy organic gardening blog.
1 cup farm fresh DiMeo's blueberries
1 3/4 cups plus 1 tablespoon flour, divided
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 farm fresh egg from free range chickens
1 cup sour cream
1/3 cup organic milk
Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease twelve 2 1/2-inch blueberry muffin cups. Toss in fresh organic blueberries with 1 tablespoon of flour. Combine remaining 1-3/4 cup flour, the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt; set aside. Beat farm fresh egg, sour cream and organic milk; stir into flour mixture until just combined (batter will be lumpy). Stir in fresh DiMeo blueberry farms blueberries until evenly distributed. Fill blueberry muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake the blueberry pancakes about 20 minutes until golden. Yum. The best blueberry muffin recipes to make incredible old fashioned blueberry muffins for your family and friends who love farm fresh locally grown New Jersey blueberries. Makes twelve (12) delicious blueberry muffins.
Healthy Blueberry Recipes With NJ Blueberries
Thank you for sharing the best blueberry recipes by DiMeo Farms and Blueberry Plants Nursery. We encourage you to grow your own healthy Non-GMO, organic blueberries to include in these great blueberry recipes using healthy organic berries from your own heirloom blueberry plants or super-hardy large mature blueberry bushes garden. Purchased farmer-direct from our family blueberry farm in Hammonton, New Jersey. Eating just a handful of healthy blueberries every morning in your oatmeal will help you live longer and healthier life. It’s so important to work on getting kids to eat better, and to make healthier eating choices, by eating healthy blueberries and other fruit, instead of eating fast food or junk foods.
We can ship BIG bearing organic blueberry bushes to your door. Only $15 each. Call us now for a shipping quote at (609) 561-5905 or to arrange a quick pick-up blueberry bushes at our NJ blueberry farm. Experience the DiMeo blueberry difference for yourself just like happy DiMeo blueberry plants customers did or how about this mom (below) and her kids that learned how to grow organic blueberries from starting with these blueberry bushes till they grow up to a big blueberry bush. They loved our family farm experience. Home gardeners drive hours just pick our New Jersey blueberries and buy the best organic berry plants from the real experts.
Health Benefits of Fresh NJ Blueberries in Season
Frozen or fresh blueberries on top of blueberry desserts. Mixed into old fashioned blueberry pancakes. Blended into delicious blueberry smoothies. Handful of fresh blueberries in breakfast oatmeal. Healthy blueberry drinks as in a glass of blueberry wine once a day for heart health. Blueberry juice blended. Blueberry liquor after a healthy dinner (best served chilled). Blueberry ice tea or lambic blueberry beers which you can easily make at home, as with making blueberry wines. Organic blueberry jam on homemade blueberry pancakes, holiday cookies or blueberry yogurts with aronia berries added for a higher cancer fighting berry. Sometimes we give away free blueberry jam to our long time customers when they come to pick blueberries every summer at our NJ blueberry farm.
Use dried organic blueberries wherever you would typically use raisins. Make homemade blueberry muffins. Blueberry granola or even make blueberry trail mix for a quick afternoon snack to hold you over till dinner time. Make candied blueberries with blueberries dipped in homemade chocolate or blueberries in chocolate bark, or chocolate blueberry truffles. You can even gift your chocolate dipped blueberries away for an original Valentine's Day gift. Locally grown, sustainable New Jersey blueberries are the best picked farm fresh, and enjoyed on top of blueberry yogurt or blueberry ice cream. Add farm fresh organic berries to your breakfast cereal, on top of salads, inside pastries or incorporated into homemade bread. This happy NJ Mom took her adorable little boy to pick fresh organic NJ blueberries and they had such a great time.
How about growing blueberry trees or shrubs. Yes, some people refer to blueberry plants and blueberry bushes as blueberry trees or blueberry shrubs. But, actually the correct term is blueberry plant or blueberry bush. They are not called blueberry trees or blueberry tree. Because if that were the case, then we would say, large blueberry trees for sale by DiMeo Blueberry Fruit Trees Nursery. Bring your kids and loved ones to pick New Jersey organic blueberries this Summer 2024 at our popular pick your own blueberry farms in NJ. They can pick organic blueberries for only $2.50 per pint. Couples of all ages love coming to our pick your own blueberry farm. Blueberry picking in NJ is the perfect original farm summer date idea.
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3101 Nesco Road
Hammonton, New Jersey 08037
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