Tuesdays with Dorie: Popovers
August 21, 2012 § 13 Comments
What I like about Sunday mornings is the breakfast. Not always out of the ordinary (waffles or pancakes are the usual fare), but the tempo is the real treat. Slow like the song on the radio and mellow as we take our time in the kitchen. I’m not fighting against the clock to get to work. All is well. Once in a while, I like to whip up a non-griddle type of food, so the popovers for this week’s TWD group became a new morning tradition. The best part of all is the ease of preparation: throw everything into a blender and whirl, as Dorie says.
I don’t have a special popover pan and some of the flour crept into the bottom of my blender and hid, but despite all that, the end result was (while not as pretty as a cookbook picture) simply divine. We ate two each with softened butter and honey and an impromptu salad of blueberries and raspberries tossed with a little sugar. Our new NY Times subscription came that day, which I had really been looking forward to (Book Review! Hurray!). Fingers sticky from the honey and well fed, I devoured every page.
It occurs to me that there are a lot of recipes in this book, and I probably would never have bothered to learn how to make half of them if it weren’t for this group. I’m only two recipes in, but so far, they have both not only worked and tasted good, but also came together with minimal kitchen disasters. You really can’t ask for much more than that on a quiet morning off. No one wants to witness any tears or swearing, after all…
Here are the links to this week’s hosts. The recipe can be found there or in Baking with Julia.
Vintage Kitchen Notes
Baking with Amy
Beautiful pics! I enjoyed these with honey and butter also. They were great. Glad you liked them!
Thanks Paula. They certainly went fast!
Hi, when I made the Irish Soda Bread I had exactly the same feeling as yours: if it wasn’t for the group I probably would never have baked it (by the way, you should try it) – that’s why I love being member of this great group: the friendliness and the fact that you feel “kind of pushed to bake” every recipe.
The last picture you took looks so yummy – the addition of fruit is fab.
I will definitely give that irish soda bread recipe a try. Thanks for the compliment on Jim’s photos!
Your photos are beautiful. I had never made popovers, how happy I am for a baking group to challenge me. A few months ago we Rugelach, something I never would have made. I was so proud of myself and Rugelach is delicious!
Cindy – rugelach are indeed delicious!
I had mine for tea with some honey. Loved it! Nice and light.
Glad you liked yours too.
Thanks! We absolutely loved them.
These are a perfect Sunday morning treat (though from others’ posts, they seem to work at any meal). I think having these warm out of the oven with the book section sounds like heaven.
Teresa – definitely heaven. I look forward to those mornings all week.
I think your popovers look better than the picture in the book.
Sunday mornings are my favorite – especially while the rest of the house is still sleeping and I am curled up on the loveseat on the front porch with a book in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other
Your Sunday breakfast sounds devine! Love your photos.
Sunday breakfast at your home sounds wonderful.