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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Tuesdays with Dorie—Mixed Berry Cobbler

Cobblers, crumbles, grunts, slumps, brown betties. All have fruit. All have a pastry, streusel, or cake-like portion. All are easy and all are delicious. Dorie's cobbler doesn’t disappoint either. You can find a pretty good description of each of these types of desserts here.

According to Dorie, “a cobbler is about the most flexible dessert you can think of. In fact, it may even have gotten its name because of its flexibility: you can cobble it together with just about anything you've got around.”

I cut some rhubarb from the garden and bought some local strawberries. The topping was simple and only required a squeeze and press to form on top of the individual cobblers I made.

Recipe
Mixed Berry Cobbler ingredientsYou can find the recipe for Mixed Berry Cobbler in the book Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan or at NPR where Dorie talks with Michele Norris about this great summertime dessert. Dorie also provides a blueberry-peach cobbler recipe at Serious Eats. To see how the rest of the TWD group fared with this week's recipe, click here and then click on each blogger! Thanks to Beth of Our Sweet Life who chose the recipe for this week.

Tasting Notes
This was such a simple and easy dessert. As the recipe says, go light on the strawberries since they reduce a lot during baking. I should have read the recipe more carefully, but it was still delicious!

Recipe for Next Week (July 1)
Apple Cheddar Scones on page 32.

37 comments:

  1. ooh, from the garden. How wonderful and fresh.

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  2. your presentation is always so pretty and inventive! love the strawberry-rhubarb idea :)

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  3. I want rhubarb from the garden! Actually, I'd settle for anything from the garden right now, hehe. Still too early.

    The cobbler looks amazing! Definitely one of my favorite desserts.

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  4. Beautiful photo, I'm sure the cobbler was as delicious as it looks.

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  5. Strawberry and rhubarb. I love it! Your cobbler looks yummy!

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  6. your presentation is beautiful! it looks amazing and delicious

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  7. As always, I love the process photos, and the presentation is beautiful as well!

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  8. Strawberry and rhubarb -- one of the best food combinations ever. Lovely!

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  9. What a delicious looking photo! I love the way you've used a rhubarb leaf as a backdrop.

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  10. Very beautiful...presentation is always so great here at Whisk...very inspiring. Rhubarb and strawberries...be still my heart!

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  11. Beautiful photos! I'm jealous that you have rhubarb in your garden.

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  12. What beautiful photos! The fruit sounds amazing. Great job!

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  13. Your cobbler looks delicous :) It is presented beautifuly.

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  14. One of these days I will actually try rhubarb. Your pictures might just make me.

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  15. great presentation,and yes, what Elle said. "Rhubarb from the garden"??!! A+!

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  16. Well, as usual you always find a way to amaze us... although so Southern, you've managed to give your cobbler a feel of... hummmm... british, dainty victorian flair! LOL
    Looks great and I'm sure was just as tasty!

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  17. Stawberries and rhubarb a classic combination, great looking cobbler!

    Ulrike from Küchenlatein

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  18. Beautiful job! That sounds like a perfect combination!

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  19. beautiful photo!
    i'm sure your cobbler was tasty!
    thanks for sharing.
    melly~

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  20. Is rhubabrb hard to grow? We have lots of things in our garden, but never rhubarb...I would love to hear what you have to say...
    Other than that, Excellent job!

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  21. Hey everyone - thanks again for all your support and lovely comments. Just found this funny Rhubarb Tart poem from Monty Python at Weed Wackin' Wenches and thought I'd pass along the link.

    As for growing rhubarb, it's dead easy and will take over more and more space if you let it. I planted a small plant last year and have more than I need this year! By cutting only a few stalks at a time, I'm hoping I can get rhubarb throughout the summer. Hope that helps!

    -Shari

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  22. Your cobbler looks so sweet and proper! Great photo!

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  23. Shari:
    I really like your rendition of Dorie's recipe.

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  24. Strawberries and rhubarb! I'm so jealous. I just discovered rhubarb, and I'm wondering where it's been all my life. ;)

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  25. Your cobbler looks delicious! I love the ice cream on top!

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  26. this dessert is simply spectacular!! one dessert i really need to try this summer!

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  27. Your cobbler look so cute and petite :D.

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  28. Your photographs are gorgeous, as always! I love your fruit combination.

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  29. ooh...love cobbler!! it looks delicous! and looking forward to the apple cheddar scones! :)

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  30. Your cobbler looks delicious!

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  31. Rhubarb and strawberries is one of my favorite combinations, this looks delicious!

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  32. i love your cutie picture shari, so pretty and girlie. strawberries YUM!!

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  33. I love the way you've plated your cobbler. And the garden-fresh fruits...wow. Great job!

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