Another blog that I’ve repeatedly returned to for recipes is Orangette, especially for brunch ideas. Searching through her recipe archives this week, I came across dutch babies, an eggy, buttery, pancake-type breakfast dish.
The recipe is pretty simple: melt butter in an oven safe skillet; mix eggs, flour, and half and half; bake for 25 minutes. The result is a lovely puffed bowl-shape. The recipe finishes off with butter, lemon, and powdered suger. As Cauli and I were recently in Portland, Oregon, enjoying amazing breakfasts with berry sauces, I decided to make a simple blackberry sauce for the baby. I heated 1/4 cup water, 3 tablespoons of sugar, and a pint of blackberries, reducing them down to a syrupy sauce. (This sauce is also good chilled and then poured over ice cream.)
Our baby, all dressed up.
Note: I made a dutch baby for each of us. This was a bit ambitious as it’s serious food. One dutch baby would be fine for two people.
