Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Berry good (TWD)



I've mentioned before that my husband Jamie gives me a hard time about eating leftover desserts for breakfast.  In the case of this week's Tuesdays with Dorie recipe, I really don't see how he can complain.  Biscuits and fruit--sounds like breakfast to me!  

This week's selection is Mixed Berry Cobbler, chosen by Beth of Our Sweet Life.  I really enjoyed this pick, in part because it's something I probably wouldn't have chosen myself.  I like fruit desserts, but I make crisps much more often than cobblers.  And even when I do make cobbler, it's more likely to be something like peach, rather than berry.  I tend to reserve berries for eating straight up or in fruit salad dressed with a bit of sugar or simple syrup.  But one of the great things about this recipe is that it works quite well with frozen fruit, so I can have my cake and eat it too, as it were.  =)


Another reason I enjoyed this recipe is that it gave me a chance to try out a new flavor combination.  Dorie's filling recipe calls for a mix of berries, some sugar, cornstarch and lemon or lime zest.  I'd usually go with the lemon without even thinking much about it.  But lately I've seen quite a few recipes for raspberry with lime, and I've been wanting to see if I like it.  So I went with a combination of raspberries, blackberries and lime zest.

I wasn't sure that I was in the mood for a big cobbler, so I decided to make half the recipe and make it in two smaller dishes (about 2-cup capacity each).  Even though the recipe says you don't need to thaw the frozen fruit, I was a bit skeptical, so after tossing the berries with the sugar, cornstarch and lime zest, I microwaved them for a couple minutes on half power.  Oh, and because a number of people mentioned in the P&Q that the cobbler was a bit soupy, I used close to the original amount of cornstarch even though I was halving the recipe.  I went with the topping recipe as written, patting the dough into two rounds and topping each dish with one.  I baked my cobblers for about 30 minutes, until the tops were lightly browned and the juices were very bubbly around the edges.  


The verdict?  Very tasty.  I thought that the simple biscuit topping was a nice contrast to the tart fruit, and I really liked the bit of lime in there.  I'll definitely make this again.  Probably even later this week, since I still have half a bag each of the raspberries and blackberries.  And it sounds better than the other things I have on hand for breakfast.  =)  


Want to give it a try yourself?  Check out Beth's blog, or check out this page, where Dorie shared the recipe with NPR.

22 comments:

  1. Cobbler for breakfast...if only mine had made it through the night. Great job this week!

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  2. I'm pretty confident that topped with a generous dollop of yogurt, one of my single-serve ramekins will present quite a satisfying post workout breakfast in the morning

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  3. That would make a great breakfast!

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  4. Definitely breakfast food. Then again, I think that chocolate cake should be considered breakfast food, so I might not be a reliable source...

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  5. I agree the topping went well with the flavourful fruits, definitely breadfast ;-)

    Ulrike from Küchenlatein

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  6. I think Berries and biscuits are a perfect breakfast! And, if you'd like, it gives you a perfect excuse to eat ice cream in the morning! haha!!!

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  7. If only I hadn't halved the recipe, I could have had cobbler for breakfast too!!!

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  8. I would have loved this for breakfast. Yours looks great!

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  9. you are right - breakfast! yum...i may have to rethink this a bit!
    nice with the lime zest addition, too...

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  10. Yes!! to cobbler for breakfast -- or any other time of day!

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  11. LOVE that picture of it ALL GONE...that is how fast we ate ours last nite too, good thing I made minis so we have 2 more waiting for us at home!)

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  12. If a doughnut is breakfast food then certainly cobbler is. My husband - also Jamie - didn't grow up eating dessert for breakfast but I did!

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  13. I definitely had to stop myself from eating it for breakfast! I saved it for dessert again on Monday. It was SO good!

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  14. In college I used to justify eating poptarts for breakfast in the morning as it contained fruit. Cobbler for breakfast??? More power to ya!

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  15. Yum- that looks like a great breakfast or dessert! :)

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  16. My filling was raspberries, blackberries, and lime zest, too, so I can testify ... it makes a mighty fine breakfast. ;)

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  17. Since I can't have dairy in the mornings (long story) If figure if it's not nailed down, and I'm *willing* to eat it at 6:30 in the morning, it's fair game. Looks Yummy!

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  18. I wish I'd had some leftover for breakfast! Looks delish.
    Shari@Whisk: a food blog

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  19. Your breakfast cobblers look absolutely delicious. I am thinking maybe I should have tried the cobbler after all but the brownies were good too. So difficult to choose from such wonderful dishes.

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  20. looks lick the bowl good :) you CAN actually use the berries frozen!! :) i also had some for breakfast the next day ;)

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