Saturday, July 7, 2012

Blueberry Cobbler

There's really nothing much to say about this dish. It's sweet, tart, rich, and very summery. Combine it with vanilla ice cream to make a dessert which reminds you why you are blessed to be alive and taste something so delicious. My recipe is an inspired/modifed version of this one.

Ingredients
Fresh Blueberries - 2 cups
Sugar - 1/3 cup and 2 tablespoons (divided)
Orange, Mango, or Pineapple Juice - 2 tablespoons
All Purpose Flour - 2/3 cups
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Milk - 3 tablespoons
Egg (preferably at room temperature) - 1
Butter (regular, unsalted and at room temperature) - 1/4 cup
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp 

Procedure
1) Preheat the oven to 375 F.
2) Line a cake pan with parchment paper (or grease it with butter and a little flour). I used a regular circular cake pan and it worked great with this recipe.
3) In the baking dish, mix the berries, orange/mango/pineapple juice and add 1.5 tablespoons sugar. Give it a good mix and let it rest while you finish the next steps.
4) In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt. If using self rising flour, skip the baking powder. If using salted butter, skip the salt.
5) Take another bowl (I'm making you use a lot of bowls but I assure you it will be worth it) and cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until its nice and silky. Sometimes the egg curdles when you add it to the butter-sugar mixture. This can be avoided by using eggs at room temperature.
6) Now add 1/4 of the flour mixture to the egg-butter mixture and mix lightly, just until incorporated. Then add a tablespoon of milk. Mix well and continue adding flour and milk alternately.
7) Pour the batter over the berry mixture and mix lightly. Let the orange juice get mixed with the batter.
8) Bake in the over for about 35 minutes. After 20-25 minutes, sprinkle the cobbler with about half a tablespoon sugar and let it bake for another 10 minutes.
9) Remove from oven when the surface is golden brown and let it cool if you have the patience. If not, dig right in!

This goes great with a dollop of Vanilla Ice Cream. Go ahead and have a second serving, you deserve it!



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