WE do love a good cobbler in this house. We grow all of our own soft fruits in our back garden . . . black currants, strawberries, raspberries, tayberries, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. We don't get a lot of anything at any one time . . . not yet anyways. The bushes are all still young and so at best we get things in dibs and dabs.
I tend to freeze a lot of it so that eventually I end up with enough to make a pie or some such with them. Hopefully with each year that passes, and as we add more bushes and plants, we will one day end up with a plethora of berry goodness. We do have a lot of strawberries now each season. It's taken almost four years to get to that point. The rest will eventually catch up as well, but in the meantime I make a lot of bumbleberry goodies.
There really is no such thing as a bumble berry . . . it's basically a name you give to a pie or dessert which has been created using at least three different berries . . . all "bumbled" together, and so it was with this Bumbleberry Cobbler which I baked for the missionaries when we had them for supper last Tuesday evening.
Containing random bits of all of the berries we have available at the moment . . . this cobbler had blueberries and blackberries from last year in it (we are still waiting for ours to ripen this year) mixed with black currants, tayberries and raspberries . . . the only real requirement being that there be at least three different types of berries . . .
Lightly flavoured with lemon sugar and topped with a crumbly buttery, vanilla infused scone topping . . . and baked until the berries are all bubbling up and sweet . . . the scone topping is browned and crisp . . . and the whole thing together is one delicious mass of tasty cobbler goodness . . .
Served warm . . . each bowl holding a portion of that thickened sweetened fruit, along with some of that buttery cobbler topping . . . and topped with a dollop of clotted cream, this dessert delights all of the senses. In short . . . it went down a real treat and the platter was licked totally and completely clean. I love it when that happens. Job done.
*Bumbleberry Cobbler*
Serves 8 to 10Printable RecipeA gorgeous juicy mixed berry filling topped with a crumbly, butter, vanilla infused scone topping. What's not to like about this?For the filling:850g of mixed summer berries (raspberries, blackberries, tayberries, blueberries, etc.) (6 cups)200g granulated sugar (1 cup)the finely grated zest of one lemon3 TBS plain flour (all purpose)For the topping:158g of plain flour (1 cup plus 5 TBS all purpose)6 TBS granulated sugar1 1/2 tsp baking powderpinch salt6 TBS butter, chilled, cut into bits1 large free range egg1 tsp vanilla extractTo finish:1 TBS granulated sugar1/2 tsp ground cinnamon To serve: (all optional)clotted creampouring creamice creamwhipped cream
