Dutch Baby
I made myself a baked pancake (aka Dutch Baby) for breakfast this morning to treat myself for being a big boy and not fainting or throwing up when I got my latest needle in the eyeball yesterday.
I'd actually been planning to make this earlier in the week after I brought up a bag of peach slices from the basement freezer that were marked "2014."
When I was done, the result looked passably edible.
I took a couple of pictures and then cut out a slice. I had hoped that the brown sugar and cinnamon would cover up any freezer burnt taste.
Ah, I remember those halcyon moments of eager anticipation before my first bite. Nope. These peaches tasted like they'd spent the better part of the last decade chilling on Lake Cocytus.
I think that doubling the sugar, and upping the cinnamon would have actually made this pretty palatable, but it was too late in the process to make that change. On the other hand, I wondered if caramelizing some sugar over the top might help, so I sprinkled a teaspoon of castor sugar over it and fetched my butane torch.
Other than the part at the back where I accidentally set it on fire, the fix worked remarkably well. It helped it both texturally (with a nice crunch) and the extra sugar made all of the difference. There was still a faint hint of freezer burn to it, but nothing I'd turn away if somebody else served it to me.
I'd actually been planning to make this earlier in the week after I brought up a bag of peach slices from the basement freezer that were marked "2014."
When I was done, the result looked passably edible.
I took a couple of pictures and then cut out a slice. I had hoped that the brown sugar and cinnamon would cover up any freezer burnt taste.
Ah, I remember those halcyon moments of eager anticipation before my first bite. Nope. These peaches tasted like they'd spent the better part of the last decade chilling on Lake Cocytus.
I think that doubling the sugar, and upping the cinnamon would have actually made this pretty palatable, but it was too late in the process to make that change. On the other hand, I wondered if caramelizing some sugar over the top might help, so I sprinkled a teaspoon of castor sugar over it and fetched my butane torch.
Other than the part at the back where I accidentally set it on fire, the fix worked remarkably well. It helped it both texturally (with a nice crunch) and the extra sugar made all of the difference. There was still a faint hint of freezer burn to it, but nothing I'd turn away if somebody else served it to me.