Mt. Vernon Blueberry & Lemon Gravy

One of my most favorite things to purchase while on Orcas is fresh blueberries! They are local, fresh, beautiful and dependably perfect. Exactly what I always hope blueberries will taste like – but rarely do in OK. So you can imagine my delight when I saw this flat for $15!!

After munching on the blueberries for the remainder of the drive and ferry ride to Orcas, we still managed to have 5 full pints of these gorgeous berries.

First thing this morning, I started imagining all of the ways we could enjoy our blueberry treasures — muffins, pancakes, biscuits, waffles…and then it came to me: blueberry gravy. Now, I have never heard of blueberry gravy – have you?  But with cream, butter, sugar and a lemon – what could possibly go wrong?

Probably a lot – but this morning, nothing! The blueberry gravy accompanied some of the most delicious homemade pancakes I have ever tasted, and certainly the most delicious pancakes I have ever made.

This morning my internet wasn’t cooperating as quickly as I needed, so I sos’ed my BF Laura – “need the best pancake recipe ASAP!” She responded with this recipe ((from Alton Brown)) with specific instructions: “Be sure to read the instructions. It really does make a diff to combine fats and proteins separately.” ((she was right, as usual))

The instructions are for using an electric griddle, which I didn’t have – but that was no problem. A skillet on the stove worked fine. I just made silver dollar pancakes using a tablespoon measuring spoon & a lot of butter (hah!).

Wondering why I called this ‘gravy’ instead of syrup? Well, I couldn’t resist adding cream & butter to the equation. Additionally, I added all the ingredients into the same skillet I cooked the pancakes in – because of that there was a nice amount of residual pancake batter that helped thicken the “gravy” too. So, with cream, butter & flour – gravy seemed like a reasonable name!

I hope you find some perfectly ripe and sweet blueberries to use with this recipe, but if your area doesn’t specialize in blueberry awesomeness, try blackberries or raspberries. I am sure frozen fruit would be a great substitute as well!