I'm more frugal than the Frugal Gourmet. If I had a show they'd call me The Cheap Azz Ghetto Gourmet.
Sure, I like finding recipe ingredients on clearance or discontinued or marked down for quick sale but nothing beats F-R-E-E!
I've broken many an old lady's heart as I sprint ahead of them to callously snap up the last package of dollar pork chops from the discount meat bin as they sadly look on. Life is cruel that way.
We went to a friend's house out in the country last week where the Dewberries grow wild all along the perimeter of their property.(Dewberries aren't anything exotic. They're just wild blackberries that grow in the South)
With six pairs of mini-Infidel hands to assist we picked a bucket of Dewberry bliss within 30 minutes.
We've gotten burned out on Dewberry shakes and smoothies so I was ready to try something new.
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The Infidel Dessert Panel Says:
I scoured the Internet for a good Dewberry Recipe and found this one from a Louisiana lady's blog called Bayou Woman.
We had more dewberries than what the recipe called for so I simply doubled the batter recipe. It still fit nicely into the 9x13 inch baking dish.
I scored this superb bag of pure cane sugar at the 99 Cents Only store for...guess how much....99 CENTS! The 99 Cents Only store is my new dealer. They got the pure stuff with a high street value.
In a special and super saucy little saucepan, heat up 1 1/2 QT ripe berries, 1 1/2 Cups water, 1 1/2 Cups sugar, and 4 Tablespoons butter or margarine. Then add 4 Tablespoons flour to thicken. Simmer on low heat, and stir. Then stir some more. Now stir a little bit more. Are you stir crazy yet? Make it thick, make it juicy, but do not scorch!
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This is a self-crusting Cobbler. I'm a self-crusting woman. We make a good pair, the two of us.
Sift together in large mixing bowl, 4 Cups flour and 4 tsp. baking powder. Add 1 1/2 Cups sugar, and 1 1/2 Cup milk. Heat up 4 tablespoons of butter in a 9x13 inch baking dish until melted. Then pour the batter into the dish.
Dump your berry filling on top of the batter but be warned under penalty of crappy cobbler turnout....DO NOT STIR!
Bake at 350 degrees for about 35-40 minutes or until your crust is golden brown.
If your own bodily crust is a golden brown you should probably consult a licensed physician.
My finished product didn't turn out as pretty as the Bayou Woman's did. But it doesn't matter because I discovered that you can use scoops of vanilla ice cream as spackle that will transform this Ugly Duckling Cobbler into the Dewberry Delight of your dreams!
See? I told you so. My cobbler is HOT, HAWT, HOTTTTT!
See? I told you so. My cobbler is HOT, HAWT, HOTTTTT!
Are your eyes filled with lust yet at the sight of my steamy goodies? Good.
The Infidel Dessert Panel Says:
Delicious! Can we have a second serving now, please?
The Infidel Woman Says:
A little on the seedy side but still good. If I served this in a restaurant I'd accompany the dish with a free side of dental floss.
Total Infidel Smileys:
8 out of 10 :)
14 comments:
Yum.. looks berry delicious, it dew!
Ahhhh...blackberries. I know all about those. I think I'll try this recipe--but not until August. Our free berries don't get ripe until then.
(And I was hoping that dewberries were different than blackberries in that they have no SEEDS. Oh well.)
You realize you're splitting your comment factor here? And the comments are going to get more and more confusing...say, if someone responds to something on this blog on the...
...are you ready for the level of confusion this is going to cause? I hope so.
But in the meantime it gives me something to do while procrastinating preparing for yet *another* !@#&%^!! decluttering class tonight...
oh my yumminess!
That looks soooo good! Was it tangy? I picture it tangy.
LOL at the seedy comment. It still looks good though.
Yum! You can come and cook at my house any time! :)
OH sure! Taunt me with berry desserts. That looks delicious.
Once I regain my sense of taste I'm going to make that...only with raspberries. No dewberries, so I'll make dew with what I can get here ...:)
badum tish!
I hate fruit, but even I might eat this. As long as there was ice cream.
Never heard of the term "dewberries" for blackberries!
and a side of dental floss!! Ha Ha Ha!!
OH...MY...GOSH! :D
Okay, my neighbors across the street just went out of town and asked us to care for their mail and house and dogs (not necessarily in that order) for a couple of days. They have a ginormous grouping of blackberry bushes, and they said the berries are ripe and we can pick all we want. It sounded like too much trouble...until NOW! :D
I am SO going blackberry picking this year!
It looks really good and I am totally impressed!
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