Tuesdays With Dorie
Thanks to Amanda from Like Sprinkles on a Cupcake for picking this weeks recipe. Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler was chosen from Dorie Greenspan's book, "Baking: From My Home To Yours." You can find her recipe on page 415 or by clicking here which brings you to Amanda's blog.
DOH! DOH! DOH!
My Boat is Hot! It's Humid Here!
We're in the middle of summer here in Rhode Island and man is it HOT & HUMID! A regular heat wave! I finally get my oven working and I don't feel like baking! What's up with that? We had lots of company over the weekend, so I figured I'd do the hospitable Betty Crocker thing and make a pretty cobbler for dessert. You think it's hot inside your air conditioned house? Try baking on a boat! Even though it was sweltering down below, I cranked that oven up and made my dessert. I popped it in the oven, locked the hatch and we ran down to the pool. I'm glad I made it though, because it was so worth it! When we got halfway down the dock, I could smell the sweet fruit and pastry. The cobbler juices were bubbling up around the biscuits and we wanted to eat it right then and there. A word of caution: Don't eat it right from the oven. It will burn the roof of your mouth off!
Cherry Rhubarb & Peach Cobbler
I chose to add peaches/nectarines to the cherries & rhubarb because I'm not a big rhubarb fan. Besides, I thought along with two red fruits, it would be nice to have another vibrant color in the mix - like YELLOW! It really was striking with the three colors in my cobalt blue Pampered Chef baking dish. Even though it called for ginger, I added a little cinnamon and nutmeg to the fruit for more flavor. As you can see, I should have increased the recipe by another half. It didn't quite fill the dish like I had thought and the biscuit to fruit ratio was too high for my liking. I would have enjoyed more fruit and sauce. The flavor was superb I think in part because I added the peaches. It wasn't as tart as it might have been if I had done all cherries and rhubarb.
Balls, Balls, Balls!
Cobbler Dough ~ Biscuit Dough
This was an easy dough to make. Just a few ingredients and it was done. Again, I added a little cinnamon to the dough. It came together real nice and felt good and soft. I flatten it out onto a cutting board and cut it with a dough scraper like I was making scones. Then I rolled each piece in a ball and flatten them out a little. I placed them all over the top. John insisted on tasting the raw dough. Why do guys do that? It's bland dough. Raw dough. It doesn't taste like much of anything but DOUGH!
What Do You Put in a Cobbler?
Cobbler Serving Suggestions???
Well, here is where I should stop because as you can see, I have NO photos of the finished cobbler sitting all nice and beautiful in pretty little bowls sitting on lacy doiles! WHY you ask? Because it was dark by the time we ate it and I lost all my good lighting. My family ate it all way too fast for pictures. AND, here's the best part! Because we live on a boat, we really don't have a freezer. When we want ice cream for something, John has to run up to the top of the hill and by a pint at 7-Eleven. That's all we can get because we have to eat it all in one sitting!
What? Chocolate Ice Cream???
Soooo, I tell him "Get a pint of vanilla ice cream. Don't get any weird stuff like chocolate brownie stuff with chunks in it." What does he bring back? A pint of Chocolate Ice Cream! That does NOT go with fruit cobbler! No Way, No How! Everyone had a good laugh except me, cause now I can't take photos of a frickin' fruit cobbler with chocolate ice cream!
So, there you have it! My experience with Cherry Rhubarb & Peach Cobbler with Chocolate Ice Cream! I will make it again, but this time I'm going to 7-Eleven to buy the ice cream!
Go check out the Mixed Fruit Cobbler I made a few weeks ago. It's also a Dorie recipe that was Oh, So Good!
The rest of Tuesday With Dorie's cobblers can be found here. Make one this week!
Ready For The Oven!
The cinnamon was probably a nice addition...but not with chocolate ice cream! Glad you enjoyed it and it looks great!
Posted by: Sarah | July 22, 2008 at 01:10 PM
Sounds like all your husband heard was "chocolate"!!! Makes me laugh because that is just what my husband would do. I like rhubarb and miss it here in NC. We had some "pie plant" in PA when we lived there and all I had to do was go out in the back yard and pull out some. We called it pie plant. Have you ever heard that? Anyhow, this looks good.
Cheryl
Posted by: Cheryl Sims | July 22, 2008 at 02:20 PM
beautiful job on the cobbler, i can't imagine baking under those conditions!!! i would have liked more fruit in there as well... next time :)
Posted by: kim | July 22, 2008 at 04:01 PM
MEN!! What you made looks fantastic, even without the ice cream. So glad your oven is up and running - now I know you'll be able to make our meals when we are visiting.
(no, i never get tired of that.) (and I will keep mentioning it until one day you just say, well, she's actually coming, so I'd better bake, because this chick is outer limits.)
Posted by: Susan | July 22, 2008 at 05:28 PM
Your cobbler looks delicious! Great job!
Posted by: Heather B | July 22, 2008 at 07:56 PM
*sigh* Sometimes guys astound me :) Peaches and nectarines sound like they would definitely sweeten up this cobbler - great idea!
Posted by: Caitlin | July 22, 2008 at 08:45 PM
I'm also of the opinion that this one needs a higher fruit to cobbler topping ratio. Next time...
Glad you found the result worth the discomfort of heating the oven!
Posted by: Dolores | July 22, 2008 at 11:11 PM
You are a brave soul. Eating cobbler with chocolate ice cream? We all thank you for your sacrifice. ;-)
Posted by: Jules | July 22, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Mmm, peaches sound good. I love all your fruit pictures.
Posted by: Di | July 23, 2008 at 12:05 AM
But you left out the part about Dad buying the chocolate ice cream because he knew that it was Grandpa's favorite ice cream. He had good intentions, just crappy hearing. ;) And to his defense, you DID say no wacky flavors. Chocolate isn't wacky. Maybe with fruit cobbler it is, but not necessarily by itself. :)
Posted by: Erika Martin - Stampin' Mama | July 23, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Looks good to me! I wonder how it would taste with the Ranier cherries in it, rather than the red ones. I have been enjoying them since they are only around for another week.
Posted by: Kerri aka Fuglies | July 23, 2008 at 09:24 AM
Men, huh? Clueless sometimes aren't they lol ;)
Your pictures do look great :)
Posted by: nickki | July 23, 2008 at 09:41 AM
looks wonderful!! i like how you pushed the balls down a little...i just put mine on and they baked in ball form ha! so i smushed them down a bit during baking.
Posted by: Mara | July 23, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Adding the yellow is definitely colorful in your blue dish! Beautiful. Great job!
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
Posted by: CB | July 23, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Too funny. Some men make me laugh..especially my husband. They truly do have selective hearing and I don't think they even realize it!
I like your pictures and it sounds like it turned out wonderful..glad you went to get the ice cream you really wanted! See you next week.
Posted by: Aaliyah | July 23, 2008 at 03:08 PM
My Mouth is watering..can I come over??
Posted by: dianne shiozaki | July 23, 2008 at 09:56 PM
You were right about the color combo! Gorgeous!
Posted by: Erin | July 24, 2008 at 09:43 AM
Lovely pictures! Sounds delicious!
Posted by: Barbara | July 24, 2008 at 09:47 PM
Oh, bless him! Sometimes husbands and boyfriends, make mistakes on purpose in the hopes that we'll relieve them of their duties...tee-hee!
Posted by: Mari | July 25, 2008 at 09:06 AM
who said chocolate and fruit don't go together??? :)
after all the recipes we've made, i've come to the conclusion that dorie likes a much higher crust to fruit ratio so i'm going to increase (maybe even double) all the fruit in her recipes from now on! :)
all your photos look great, even if there isn't a finished pic
Posted by: Jaime | July 26, 2008 at 11:48 PM