Easy Cobbler

Wow I cant believe I have been gone so long. I have been working out of town a lot the last few months and of course when I’m home there is a huge honey do list. I have been making a few of my favorite recipes we already have posted and a few new ones we made that were ok but not that great. I like to put the really good ones here not just the ok ones.
We did come across a great recipe for quick cobblers and just about made one of each kind. Blackberry , cherry, blueberry and strawberry.

We also used fresh fruit when possible blackberries and blueberries and with then another with the pie filling and we could not tell that big of difference.
½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
¾ cup flour (all purpose)
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
¾ cup milk
1 (15 oz can pie filling (flavor of your choice) or one cup fresh fruit may need to add more.

1. Melt butter in baking dish
2. Mix sugar, flour, salt, and baking powder
3. Add milk and mix well
4. Pour batter into melted butter …… do not stir!
5. Pour pie filling into batter(drop by spoonful and put several in middle and divide the rest into the corners and sides… do not stir!).
6. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until golden brown.
Serve with cool whip, whip cream, ice cream or just plain. Ummmmmm good.

Pork Loin Roast with Blackberry_Gorgonzola Sauce

Yum Yum! We even belive it or not had a few wild blackberrys growing on our back fence that were ripe that we added. Spouse thought that the cheese was a little strong but I liked it and did add when served.
We had a smaller roast about 2 1/2 lb aso we cut back on the cheese and blackberry preserves by about 1/2.
4 lb pork loin roast
1 12 oz. jar rasberry (we used blackberry preserves)
1 tbsp honey
1/2 lb gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup pecans
salt
pepper

preheat oven to 325
season pork with salt and pepper
cook on roasting rack in shallow baken pan uncovered for approximately 2 hours.
toast pecans in a skillet till they began to darken then set aside.
In same skillet mix blackberry preserves with honey and black pepper to taste.
Stiring often, heat till it reaches a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for a couple minutes.
Add 1/2 pecans chopped and 1/2 cheese to sauce.
After two hours remove roast and spoon half of the blackberry sauce over the roast.
Return to oven and cook approximately 30 more minutes.
When done remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes befor slicing.
Garnish each portion with more of the blackberry sauce and crumbled cheese and toasted pecans.

Blackberry-Glazed Pork chops

Well the weather is a little cool again but it makes for being in the kitchen a lot better. Saturday we had a pear salad, roasted potatoes and a blackberry-glazed pork chop. The glaze made a good bit and we did not want it to go to waste so the next night we got some country ribs and cooked them out on the grill. We were surprised that the flavor was not as strong on the ribs as on the chops the night before.We are not sure what we did wrong but they still tasted good. We may try this again on the grill with chicken or something else.
Blackberry Glaze
1 tsp butter
4 boneless pork chops ¾ to 1 ¼ thick
½ cup blackberry jam
1/3 cup blackberry or balsamic vinegar (we used the vinegar)
¼ cup Dijon mustard
1 tsp grated orange peel
1 ½ tsp chopped fresh thyme leaves(we did not have fresh so we used dry)

Heat butter in large skillet on med high heat. Cook chops on both sides about 5 to 7 minutes or till browned.
Mix remaining ingredients; add to skillet, simmer uncovered, until sauce is reduced to a glaze consistency and chops are tender about 5 to 8 min. Turn chops frequently.