Well, it has been quite a week. I had a great trip to Chicago to become a Verizon Savvy Gourmet Blogger. I fell in love with Chicago, and need to get back there STAT to fully explore. While I was making my way back to NJ, my husband called to tell me that my mom’s house where we are staying was a casualty of a crazy storm. To make a long story short, we are very lucky that everyone was safe and even though we lost some rather large trees, the house has little structural damage. My neighbors, well, that rather large tree is still sitting on their roof.
It could not have come at a better time that I have started working with Verizon. While I was in Chicago, I was lucky enough to be given a Motorola Droid Xyboard. One of the things I learned while meeting with the Verizon people is that in most emergency situations, Verizon devices do not lose their signal. I was not comfortable staying in the house with the kids, I could rough it without power, but there were so many lines down, that it made me nervous. So I put the kids in the car and headed to my best friend’s house in Connecticut. At this very moment, my Xyboard is my own personal hotspot! It is the most amazing feature. I am able to use all of my devices and not have to worry about finding a wi-fi connection, because I have one of my very own. Amazing. And this week, it has truly kept me in touch with my family who are semi-homeless until the power is restored (hopefully by the 6th) and we can all move back in. I even got to go around the annoying hotspots that airports have that try to charge you to check your email while waiting for a flight. Even better still, my friend who I am staying with moved into this house a week ago, and has no Internet connection yet, but because of my Xyboard and my amazing 4G LTE connection, we are all connected to the Internet. I am grateful to have friends that are willing to take in me and my 3 crazy children while we wait for the lights to go back on. In the meantime, I am grateful for the workers in NJ that have been working around the clock trying to get our power back.
It is hard to even call this a recipe it is so easy, but it is the thing that I have made the most lately. After the success of my roasted strawberries, I got the idea to save some berries that were looking less than perfect. I had some black raspberries, red raspberries, and blueberries and did nothing more than sprinkle some sugar on them and add a vanilla bean before I put it in the oven. After an hour the house smelled amazing, and the berries had softened and made a thick syrup. I served the berries in a pretty champagne glass and added just a touch of vanilla ice cream. When I say a touch, I mean a touch, and if I say that you know that these berries are wonderful all on their own. The ice cream melts over the warm berries and everyone at the table is happy. If you should have any leftover, this was heavenly over my waffle the next day. And I think that it would be a beautiful thing to stir into some yogurt or add to a smoothie. Seriously, don’t toss the berries, roast them.
1/2 pint black raspberries
1/2 pint red raspberries
1 pint blueberries
1 vanilla bean, seeded and scraped
3 Tablespoons sugar
Rinse the berries and put in an oven safe casserole dish. Add the vanilla bean and add the pod to the dish. Sprinkle with sugar. Give a toss.
Roast in a preheated 400 degree oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. The berries will break down and make a thick syrup.
Serve with some vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pint black raspberries
- 1/2 pint red raspberries
- 1 pint blueberries
- 1 vanilla bean, seeded and scraped
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Rinse the berries and put in an oven safe casserole dish. Add the vanilla bean and add the pod to the dish. Sprinkle with sugar. Give a toss.
- Roast in a preheated 400 degree oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. The berries will break down and make a thick syrup.
- Serve with some vanilla ice cream.
I am Bree. I love to cook. Even more than I love to take pictures.
I have all of those berries in the fridge just waiting to get hot, hot, hot:)
Enjoy!
This looks seriously delicious! Love this!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar recently posted..Berry Vanilla Ice Cream Cake
You will love this recipe Katrina! It almost becomes a sauce, and it is good. I have been making this about once a week.
So glad you had fun in Chicago! And these berries look absolutely amazing. I need to try roasting.
Ali @ Gimme Some Oven recently posted..corn-on-the-cob cake “pops”
Thanks Ali! Try it, they become thick and syrupy and so good!
OOOH this looks delicious! My favorite desserts are made of berries.
Melissa from the Blue House recently posted..Decorating the Baby’s Room: More Ideas.
I am really starting to love fresh fruit desserts. I used to think that dessert had to be a cake or something, but I am really starting to appreciate a simple fruit dessert.
Thank goodness you and your family are safe! I keep hearing stories about the bad whether out east and my sympathies go out to everyone who have dealt with fallen trees and other travesties! Your roasted berry recipe is completely perfect for me…we typically do pretty light desserts in my house and fresh steamy sweet berries with yummy fresh vanilla sound awesome! Plus the little scoops of vanilla ice cream give it such a nice creaminess. Have a happy 4th!
Julia {The Roasted Root} recently posted..Indian-Spiced Tilapia with Homemade Cherry Chutney
Thank you Julia! You will love this recipe then.
Im so glad you and your family are safe! These summer berries look so refreshing and sweet
Carla @ Carlas Confections recently posted..New Zealand
thank you Carla! You are so sweet.
These look awesome Bree! I can imagine these on pancakes, shortcake and of course the ice cream looks amazing too! Happy 4th to you and your family!!
kelley {mountain mama cooks} recently posted..Mediterranean 7 Layer Dip
Me too! I have been eating them straight out of the jar! Happy 4th to yours as well!
uuuhh… that looks so delicious! can i have some?:D
Absolutely!
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Divine and scrumptious! I’ve never heard them called Black Raspberries before
In Scotland they are called Brambles and in England they are called Blackberries. And when they are roasting, the aroma from the kitchen assures you that all are in for a treat! Perfect when served with vanilla ice cream
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These actually are raspberries that are black. We have blackberries too. They are pretty hard to find, but when I do, I have to have them.
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