Since a couple of members of the group I work in were in town for the Liberty meeting, I invited them to dinner last night. For dessert, I decided to make Rote Grütze, which is pretty much the standard dessert in Berlin at this time of year. It’s popular throughout Northern Germany, and I’m told also in Scandinavia. I think it’s my new favourite dessert when raspberries are in season, it is easy to make, can be made a day in advance, and everyone liked it.
The standard recipe has redcurrants in it which I couldn’t find at Granville Island. So I used blueberries, which are local and plentiful at this time of year, hence the “blue-red” in the title. For posterity, here’s the version I ended up making.
One jar sour cherries in juice, approx 12 ounces (400g) cherries. Put half the cherries in a pot with the juice, add 200g blueberries, 200g raspberries and 3/4 c sugar (could have been 1/2 c). Bring to the boil, cook a couple of minutes and then mash. Take some of the liquid out in a cup, mix in 2 heaped dessertspoons of cornstarch in to a smooth mix, stir into the hot mixture. Stir until it boils again and thickens. Add the rest of the sour cherries, another 200g raspberries and 200g blueberries, heat just to boiling point, then take it off the stove. Cool. Serve with cream.
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Nope, the sweetness was just right, at a half-cup it would have been too tart.
You should really include a picture of your homemade pudding, so I can see what “Blau-Rote Grütze” really is.
I guess I could look it up in the dictionary, but well a picture tells more than a thousand words! I tried googling for it, by the way. Your site was number one.
I made up “Blau-Rote Grütze”; it’s usually just “Rote Grütze”, so I’m not surprised nobody else has used the term… if you follow the link to the Wikipedia article you’ll see what it looks like. It looks rather unprepossessing actually, but it tastes much better than it looks.
Thanx for the recipe and thanx for adding to my desserts list. I wanna try this out, sounds yummmmmmmy you know. Great work Lauren!
Do you deliver????
I’m big into recipes myself so I’m really enjoying the food, cooking posts. Keep em coming!
This dessert made me feel giddish like a little school girl.
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