With the fresh blueberries available now and pine nuts generally in stock at Costco, this is a dessert that will rock your taste buds. Enjoy!

Lemon-Blueberry Crisp w/ Pine Nut Topping

3/4 C Spelt or Whole Wheat Flour
8 C Blueberries
1/2 C Sugar (Scant)
6 Tblsp. Butter (softened)
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg (grated)
Pinch of Salt
1½ C Pine Nuts
~ 1 Tblsp. Zest from 1 lemon (or 1 orange)


Directions: Preheat oven to 375F deg. Grease an 8 or 9-inch square Corning or Pyrex pan. Add blueberries to prepared pan and top with zest.

Topping: In a food processor, add 1C pine nuts, butter and sugar. Let the machine run until the nuts are finely ground and the mixture is creamy and fluffy. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, remaining whole pine nuts, nutmeg & salt together and then add the ingredients from the food processor and mix well with a fork until crumbly. Dollop the topping onto the middle of the blueberries and spread evenly with a spatula toward the edges of the prepared pan.

Place pan on middle oven rack with a drip pan beneath. Bake for 30 - 40 minutes until filling is bubbling and the crust is just starting to brown. Remove from oven, cool in pan on a rack. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

[Adapted from The Food Matters Cook Book by Mark Bittman]

Looks like a great recipe, Driftin' !

Part of life is enjoying fruits and vegetables when they're "in".
Corn on the cob is next for me.
Preferably in a remote camp along the Deschutes River.

Life is good.

Bulk pine nuts at Winco yesterday were $15.49 a lb. Bought three tablespoons for some pesto; cost a couple bucks and change. Must be Copper River pine nuts.

Like most things, looks pale in comparison to actually nibbling on it....

I'm sure you can put together something equally tasty on the BBQ as an opening act.