A popular dish out on Deep Space 9; The icoberry is a dark blue fruit used in many stellar desserts and drinks. But the icoberry torte was Captain Sisko’s favorite “coffee date” dish and often enjoyed it with a delicious mug of Raktajino. This lemony dish of awesome will have your taste buds doing a Kolvoord Starburst!!
Click here for a good recipe of rakajino or here for an adult version of rakajino.
Star Trek Icoberry Torte (Lemon Blueberry Brownie)
Brownies:
3/ 4 cup Flour
1/ 4 tsp Salt
8 tbsp Unsalted Butter, Softened
3/ 4 cup Sugar
1 tsp Finely Grated Zest of Lemon
2 Eggs
1 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
3/ 4 cup Blueberries
Lemon Glaze:
1/ 2 cup Powdered Sugar
1 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
1 tsp Finely Grated Zest of Lemon
Prepare round pan with butter and flour (or nonstick cooking spray)
Sift together the flour and salt in a separate bowl and set aside
Mix butter and sugar together until light and fluffy then add in lemon zest and mix thoroughly
Add in eggs one at a time, beating well after each one. And finally add in lemon juice.
Pour half the batter into pan and spread around evenly.
Add in blueberries in an even layer
// I decorated the blueberries into a Milky Way Galaxy spiral for that good ol’ home taste
Pour the remaining batter on top of blueberries and again spread evenly
Preheat oven to 350; Bake for 20-25 minutes
Prepare lemon glaze in a small bowl
Whisk together the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest thoroughly.
// add in a teaspoon of water if glaze is too thick
Spread glaze over brownies and allow to harden before serving
Recipe adapted from: sweetpeaskitchen.com/2013/07/blueberry-lemon-brownies
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Need more Star Trek Recipes?
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Klingon Blood Orange Pull Apart Bread
Icoberry Torte
Starfleet Hamantaschen
Captain Picard’s Earl Grey Tea-Rimisu
Pain d’Enterprise
Roasted Tribbles
Sisko’s Speedy Gumbo