100 Recipes - #70-71 Roasted Asparagus and Berry Cobbler
bex77 requested scampi, so I made that again tonight. But I didn't get enough asparagus yesterday, so I decided to try that again.
#70 Roasted Asparagus Since I needed the oven at 400F for the shrimp, I looked for a recipe calling for that temperature and found this one. I peeled the lower half of the stalks and marinated it in a plastic bag for an hour or so, but otherwise stuck pretty closely to the recipe. The result was the best asparagus I've ever made and some of the best I've ever eaten. It was tender and moist and flavorful and I was only sorry there wasn't twice as much.
#71 Berry Cobbler This was the closest to failure I've come during this whole project. I don't know what it was supposed to be like, but I highly doubt it was this. The batter never really set, even given an extra ten minutes in the oven. If anyone feels like checking out this recipe and helping me understand where it went wrong, I'd appreciate it. The result was a warm berry compote that was delicious, but the "cobbler" part was almost entirely dissolved and what was there was mushy. Slathered with whipped cream, it was entirely edible, but just...wrong. This is why I don't like baking--it's too uncertain.
#70 Roasted Asparagus Since I needed the oven at 400F for the shrimp, I looked for a recipe calling for that temperature and found this one. I peeled the lower half of the stalks and marinated it in a plastic bag for an hour or so, but otherwise stuck pretty closely to the recipe. The result was the best asparagus I've ever made and some of the best I've ever eaten. It was tender and moist and flavorful and I was only sorry there wasn't twice as much.
#71 Berry Cobbler This was the closest to failure I've come during this whole project. I don't know what it was supposed to be like, but I highly doubt it was this. The batter never really set, even given an extra ten minutes in the oven. If anyone feels like checking out this recipe and helping me understand where it went wrong, I'd appreciate it. The result was a warm berry compote that was delicious, but the "cobbler" part was almost entirely dissolved and what was there was mushy. Slathered with whipped cream, it was entirely edible, but just...wrong. This is why I don't like baking--it's too uncertain.