MEET THE DILs
Jessica Coulter
Jessica lives in New York City with her Husband and Dog. When she isn't writing for this here blog, she's a copywriter at an ad agency in Manhattan.
3000 MILES AWAY...
Marites Cristobal Coulter
Marites lives in Los Angeles with her husband. When she's not dabbling as a self-proclaimed domestic wannabe, she's working in PR.
- BEVERAGES
- BREADS
- BREAKFAST/BRUNCH
- DESSERTS
- FRUIT
MEET THE MIL
Pat Tippett
MIL is a chef and food stylist in Portland, OR. For many years she owned Flaming Carrot Catering, pdx's favorite eco-conscience catering company. She takes her passion for art, travel and cuisine back to the kitchen and studio and delicious things happen.
She's currently focusing her talents on food styling and on-site chef services for film scenes and group gatherings (hey tweens - she did the food styling on the twilight movie!). Oh, and writes MIL Missions for this little blog.
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3000 miles 'til dinner. |
♥WHEN YOUR MIL (mother-in-law) IS A CHEF, YOU EITHER GET NERVOUS OR GET COOKING.♥
----------------------------------------------- Two busy DILs living on two different coasts getting long-distance cooking lessons from their MIL. |
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recipe
Fabulous Berry Cobbler (jessica’ attempt).
Original MIL Mission #41: Fabulous Berry Cobbler
Great DILs think alike? I think so. Much like Marites’ attempt at this Fabulous Cobbler, I decided to use peaches and blueberries. (Marites included raspberries as well, which looked awesome.)
Readers, you should try this one while summer is still barely hanging on. And peaches are in season!
Les ingredients.
♥HOW I MADE IT.♥
First, I prepped my fruit. I should say right here that I had no idea what equaled a pint to make four pints. I’m pretty sure that those containers of berries are less than a pint. Right? I feel like a reverse Rain Man. And then when it comes to peaches in pints, I just don’t know.
***SPOILER ALERT***
I think I needed more fruit.
***END OF SPOILER ALERT***
Then, with the cornstarch and sugar sprinkled over the peaches and berries, I let them break down in the oven for 20 minutes while I prepped the topping. It smelled like a delicious home-baked-berry-pie realtor candle. Except it was real.
While the berries worked it, I lugged Arthur the Cuisinart out and dumped in my dry goods followed by the butter to make the biscuit mix. Oh hello, butter.
Then without washing…and can I just say my inner-Homer-Simpson LOVES when you don’t have to stop to wash something out…I added my wet ingredients.
I poured the wet over the dry and stirred it together.
I took my berries out of the oven, globbed the batter over the top and sprinkled everything with my sparkly sugar and cinnamon mix.
I took the cobbler out of the oven when the top was good and brown. The berry and peach juices were bubbling with deliciousness.
♥MIL MISSION #41: ACCOMPLISHED.♥
Ummmmmmmmmmm, FABULOUS!
Topped it with some homemade whipped cream, I did. (woah, Yoda voice. where did you come from? I’m in a mood today…)
♥PLATE IT, ATE IT, GRADED IT.♥
scale: 0 (not at all) to 5 (very)
Cupboard to table time: 45 min.
Difficulty: 2
Deliciousness: 5 (I needed more fruit or less biscuit topping. But I can’t give it anything less than a 5 because it really was a fabulous cobbler)
Impressed Husband/co-worker factor: 5! (I sent a heaping serving to one of Husband’s co-workers and I got props! My work partner also enjoyed it. And of course Husband loves his sweets.)
Leftover-friendly: 5 (We ate that cobbler for a whole week!)
(posted by jessica)
