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Blueberry Grunt

Name: Blueberry Grunt
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Canada
Ingredients: 400g Blueberries; 100g Sugar; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 150ml Water; 200g All-purpose flour; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 40g Butter; 150ml Milk; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

A simple Nova Scotia pot dessert of dough dropped onto bubbling blueberries and steamed.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Blueberry grunt is a stovetop dessert loved along Canada's Atlantic coast, especially in Nova Scotia. Wild blueberries are boiled with sugar, then dough is dropped on top and steamed under a lid. It's said to be named for the 'grunting' sound it makes as it steams.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At the end of summer in Nova Scotia, a grunt made with just-picked wild blueberries is spooned out steaming and shared with ice cream.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Blueberries 400g
Sugar 100g
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Water 150ml
All-purpose flour 200g
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Butter 40g
Milk 150ml
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

In a wide lidded pot, bring the blueberries, 70g sugar, lemon juice, and water to a boil.
Mix the flour, baking powder, remaining sugar, and salt, then rub in the cold butter.
Add the milk and stir loosely, leaving it a little floury.
Drop spoonfuls of dough onto the bubbling blueberries.
Cover and steam over medium-low heat for 15 minutes without lifting the lid.
Serve in bowls with the sauce spooned over.

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