Back in college my friend Dancer made this yummy cobbler thing for dessert for one of our Sunday Suppers. Usually when someone says cobbler to me I think of something similar to a pie with just one crust on top. I guess that comes from how I grew up and what we made. Well come to find out there are many different types of cobblers: brown betty, grunts, crumbles, crisps, and the buckle. This happens to be something close to that of a buckle. (more…)
Brown Bagging It… August 7, 2008
….with PEACHES.
Like I said last week, my parents are in town/3 hours away. When I went to visit them I was only there for 3 hours so I didn’t have time to make a trip to my favorite orchard and grab the best freestone peaches in the world. A few days ago my dad called saying they were on their way over there, so I put in a order for a peck of peaches and some local wildflower honey.
Tuesday I received a gigantic bag of peaches and shoved my head right it. They smelled so good. My first task was to make some Peach and Blackberry Jam for the Second Annual Jam and Jelly Exchange that Molly of Battered-Splattered is having. I am also going to try to find a good Peach Oat Scone recipe and fiddle with that later this week and if there are peaches left over probably just some regular peach preserves. Who could pass that up? (more…)
You’re a Tart July 10, 2008
…a Fresh Fruit one
About a week ago I had 4 egg yolks left over from making a meringue and was trying to decide what to make. I found a recipe for pastry cream that used exactly 4 egg yolks. Now I had to make the decision of what to make. Do I want to make chocolate éclairs or a fresh fruit tart?
After asking a few people the answer was a tart. The end product was very pretty but the recipe needed some modifications.
This fruit tart has a lemon shortbread crust with a pastry cream filling and an apricot jelly glaze.
