Why are my blueberry pancakes green?

When blueberries are added to the muffin batter their skin may break allowing soda in the alkaline pockets to get in contact with the pulp and the pigment . This increases the PH level and therefore changes the colour of the blueberries from blue to green.

Why are blueberry pancakes good?

In this country, fruits have become a popular ingredient in pancakes. Blueberries contain a compound anthocyanin offering the blue color and a host of health boosting effects. Health benefits include lower blood pressure, improved insulin response and reduced risk of cancer .

Is it better to use fresh or frozen blueberries in pancakes?

If you use fresh berries, mix them right into the batter. If you use frozen berries, it's better to scatter them atop the cooking pancakes . If you mix them into the batter, they'll tint your pancakes a rather unappetizing shade of green.

Why are my blueberry pancakes raw in the middle?

Avoid High Heat Mortillaro explains that high heat results in uneven cooking as it burns the outside while leaving the inside batter raw. "This is because the high heat does not allow enough time for the heat from the pan and oil to penetrate to the center of the pancake ," she says.

Why is my pancake green?

The baking soda reacts with trace amounts of chlorophyll in the sunbutter , which results in natural green food coloring!

Why are my blueberries green?

Answer and Explanation: Although cultivated blueberries possess blue/purple skin, their flesh is typical of light green, light yellow, or white. The reason is that cultivated blueberries comprise a lower amount of anthocyanin that is the antioxidant that provides the fruit with its blue/purple color .

Are blueberry muffins supposed to be green?

If the batter has a bit too much baking soda, the blueberries turn green around the edges . You can balance the acidity by using a recipe that calls for buttermilk or another acid, such as orange juice or lemon juice.

What is the green stuff on my blueberries?

The fungus overwinters on the surface of stems, and in spring releases spores that infect emerging leaves and flowers. Leaf symptoms appear as pale green spots on the upper surface with pure white fungal growth on the underside. Infected spots on berries remain green and do not ripen .

Blueberries 'n' Cream Pancakes - The Recipe Rebel (2024)

written by Ashley Fehr

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Servings 4 pancakes

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Last updated on April 11, 2022

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Super easy, fluffy pancakes topped with vanilla custard sauce and fresh blueberries! The perfect breakfast to use up those summer berries.

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I love making breakfast on the weekends.

Sitting down to a plate of piping hot eggs, or bacon, or pancakes, or french toast, or all of the above, is just different than sitting down to a cold bowl of Raisin Bran. Especially now, when my husband is gone 14 hours a day and our daughter only gets to see him on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend is really the only time, from the middle of July until the middle of November, that we’re all together.

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As sad as that seems, it means that for the other 8 months of the year, she gets to see her daddy a whole lot more, and stay at home with him while I teach high school.

So we have 3 really crazy, insane, hectic months every year, where we are both working and, in the end, it kind of pays off. And since I’m still on my holidays, and those 3 crazymonths haven’t quite started, I’ve got a little extra energy to dream up luxurious brunch ideas.

I’d really love to have it all together for Saturday morning at 8 o’clock when we usually eat breakfast, but I just don’t. With a 2-year-old who hasn’t eaten for about 14 hours, we just need to get something on the table quickly.

But I decided that since we didn’t have any leftovers in the fridge, and I had a huge carton of blueberries that my daughter hadn’t yet polished off, we would do brunch.

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I was dreaming up all kinds of things that go well with blueberries, and there are lots. But in the end all I wanted was vanilla.

My mom used to make this warm vanilla custard sauce all the time when we were growing up and serve it with waffles and strawberry sauce. It was pretty much my favorite thing ever. As I mentioned here, I used to heat up prepared instant vanilla pudding in my University days to try to replicate it easily.

Turns out, it’s not quite the same.

If you’ve never eaten pancakes or waffles with warm vanilla custard sauce, you need to try it. I’m not sure you’ll ever go back!

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