Updated 09/02/2011 05:00 AM
Recipe: Summer Berry and Cherry Cobbler
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SERVES:
8 (one 9 x 13-inch baking dish)
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups (one pint) blueberries
- 3 cups sliced strawberries
- 3 cups pitted cherries
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cornmeal
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 Tbs baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 Tbs unsalted butter, cubed
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (or regular milk)
- 1 large egg
PROCEDURE:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and, for one 9 x 13-inch baking dish, you'll need about 8 cups of fruit total.
Use a large mixing bowl to combine 2 cups blueberries, 3 cups sliced strawberries and 3 cups pitted cherries then add 1/4 cup light brown sugar, 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, a pinch of ground cinnamon and ground ginger and toss to combine.
Put that mixture into the 9 x 13-inch baking dish, place that into the preheated oven and then start the cobbler dough.
Combine 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour with 1/4 cup cornmeal and 1/4 cup light brown sugar, add 1 Tbs baking powder and 1 tsp kosher salt.
Then add 6 Tbs cold, cubed, unsalted butter and use a pastry cutter to incorporate that.
Whisk 1 large egg into 1/2 cup buttermilk then add that to the flour mixture and gently mix until it is just combined.
Give the fruit about a 10-15 minute head start in the oven then take it out and divide the cobbler dough into 8 equal servings on top of that and place the baking dish back into the oven to finish baking.
That will take just about 20-25 minutes to finish baking, the tops of the cobbler will be golden brown and the fruit will be bubbling.
HINTS:
Use a different combination, or just one kind, of summer berries or fruit, the important thing is that it equals 8 cups total.