CSA Week 7 - Recipe

Nectarines are usually not long in the basket but if you find yourself with extras I just made this cobbler and it was amazing! The first blackberries of the season are the best. Get out there and capture nature's plump, slowly flavored to perfection berry. As soon as the real heat hits they will turn fast and won't be nearly as special.

Ingredients For filling:
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1-2 pounds mixed stone fruit, pitted and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges and fresh blackberries (8 cups total)* vary the fruit based on preference or what you have.
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract

For topping:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornmeal (not stone-ground)
2 teaspoons baking powder
Rounded 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream, divided
2 teaspoon sugar

Equipment:
Your favorite cookie cutter (2 to 2 1/2 inches)

Preparation
Make filling:
Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle. Butter a 3-qt glass or ceramic baking dish.

Toss together filling ingredients in a large bowl. Spread out in baking dish and bake until just bubbling, 10 to 20 minutes. Make topping while filling bakes: Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt, then blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1 cup cream and stir just until a dough forms.

Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and lightly dust with flour, then roll out with a floured rolling pin into a 1/2-inch-thick round (about 10 inches in diameter). Cut out biscuits with lightly floured cutter. If necessary, gather scraps and re roll once, then cut out more biscuits.

Arrange biscuits 1/2 inch apart over hot filling. Brush tops with remaining Tbsp cream, then sprinkle with sugar. Bake until topping is golden and fruit is bubbling in center, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool to warm, 30 minutes.

I used slightly less sugar and drizzled the top with honey too!

Serve with your favorite variety of cream.

My daughter had so much fun making this with me. Berry picking, mixing and rolling dough. Hands on :)