Ingredients Fruits Berries Blueberry Our Best Blueberry Recipes to Make This Summer By Food & Wine Editors Updated on November 17, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Johnny Autry You may equate summer with barbecues and the beach, but to us, warmer weather is also a signifier of blueberry season. They're at their peak between May and August—while we love to eat them plain and picked fresh, we also like to turn them into jams (such as Gabriel Rucker's Blueberry-Beaujolais Jam recipe), pile them into tarts and pies, and even make them into a glaze for ribs. (Trust us on that one.) Read on for those recipes, and more blueberry recipes we love. 01 of 19 Free-Form Blueberry Tart © Michael Turek Jeremy Sewall adds a little candied ginger to the tart's crust for a hint of spice; feel free to add more or omit it altogether. Get the Recipe 02 of 19 Kohlrabi, Fennel, and Blueberry Salad © Anna Williams Kohlrabi tastes a lot like a broccoli stem, but it's milder and sweeter and the texture is crisper. Chef Stephanie Izard thinks it's an underappreciated vegetable, so she makes it the star of her delicious salad, served raw in very thin slices. In fact, she likes the dish so much that she takes some home to eat on the couch after service a few times a week. Get the Recipe 03 of 19 Blueberry-Banana Pancakes © John Kernick Tyler Florence made these pancakes at home one weekend morning with his son Hayden. They're a slight variation on a recipe from his book, Tyler Florence Family Meal. Get the Recipe 04 of 19 Blueberry-Glazed Ribs © Petrina Tinslay Blueberry glaze makes the edges on these ribs nice and sticky. Get the Recipe 05 of 19 Blueberry Muffins with Crumb Topping © James Baigrie You can easily replace the blueberries with other kinds of fresh fruit, such as raspberries or peaches (chopped into small pieces). In the off-season you can use IQF (individually quick-frozen) fruit; there's no need to thaw. Get the Recipe 06 of 19 Perfect Blueberry Syrup © Petrina Tinslay A huge virtue of homemade syrup is that, unlike the store-bought kind, it can taste much more like fruit than sugar. This blueberry syrup will last long enough to give as gifts during the holidays; simply transfer it into tall, pretty bottles using a funnel and store it in the refrigerator. Get the Recipe 07 of 19 Lemon-Blueberry Cheesecake Parfaits CON POULOS The three components in these parfaits — the creamy, tangy cheesecake custard, the crunchy cornmeal shortbread and the fresh blueberry compote — are fantastic together, but each can be used in lots of other ways. Try the custard with any fresh fruit, serve the shortbread with sorbet or drizzle the compote over ice cream. Get the Recipe 08 of 19 Blue-Barb Jam © Christina Holmes Instead of strawberries, fresh blueberries are paired with rhubarb in this incredibly simple and delicious sweet-tart jam. Get the Recipe 09 of 19 Summer Berry Clafoutis © Quentin Bacon This flourless dessert is more like a delicate custard with fruit than like the usual sturdy country clafoutis. Get the Recipe 10 of 19 Berry Ice Cream Pie © Jody Horton This recipe turns out a berry ice cream pie that is as beautiful as it is deliciously refreshing. Get the Recipe 11 of 19 Blueberry Mousse © Eva Kolenko Sour cream gives this blueberry mousse a wonderful, subtle tanginess. Get the Recipe 12 of 19 Ricotta Pancakes with Blueberries © John Kernick Adding fresh ricotta to the batter makes these pancakes incredibly moist and light. Get the Recipe 13 of 19 Very Blueberry Smoothie © Todd Porter & Diane Cu This wonderful smoothie is for blueberry lovers or for when you have an abundance of summer berries. Get the Recipe 14 of 19 Blueberry Pie with Rye Crust © Con Poulos This sensational blueberry pie has small circles cut out of the rye crust, which not only looks dramatic but also allows moisture to evaporate from the fruit filling as it cooks, deepening the flavor. Get the Recipe 15 of 19 Crispy Blueberry Cookies Dipped in Chocolate © Sarah Bolla Sweet, dried blueberries are baked within these thin and chewy butterless cookies. They're incredibly addicting and simple to make. Get the Recipe 16 of 19 Blueberry Baked Quinoa and Oatmeal © Emily Farris Blueberries are great on top of baked quinoa with steel-cut oats. They're even better cooked inside. You can't go wrong with fresh or frozen blueberries. Get the Recipe 17 of 19 Brown Sugar Cake with Ricotta and Blueberries Jennifer Causey Chef Joe Flamm cinched his season 15 Top Chef win with this simple brown sugar cake, which he learned to make from the late pastry chef Todd Kunkleman at Stephanie Izard's Girl & the Goat in Chicago. "I just fell in love with it right away, and I've wanted it ever since," says Flamm, now executive chef of Spiaggia in Chicago. The chewy, dense confection is like a cross between a cake and a blondie. It's delicious both by itself and dressed up with Ricotta Mousse and Blueberry Sauce. Get the Recipe 18 of 19 Kolache with Blueberry Filling Abby Hocking / Food & Wine Kolache, fluffy rounds of dough with sweet or savory fillings, are originally from Central Europe, but they're popular in Texas, too. Autumn Stanford of the Brooklyn Kolache Company suggests keeping the dough on the sticky side when you mix it. The dough will become less tacky as it rises, and the extra moisture will keep the pastry from becoming too dry. Get the Recipe 19 of 19 St. Louis-Style Cheesecake with Blueberries Johnny Autry An unfussy, delicious summer dessert, this cheesecake is even better with a pile of fresh berries on top. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit