Berry Cobbler With Ice Cream Recipes

BLUEBERRY COBBLER WITH LEMON HONEY ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• For the blueberry filling: Add the blueberries, sugar, flour, cinnamon and lemon juice to the prepared baking dish; toss to combine. Set aside.
• For the cobbler topping: In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar, melted butter, milk, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and eggs. Stir to combine, then dollop the batter over the blueberries to cover.
• Bake until the berries are bubbling and the topping is golden, about 45 minutes.
• Serve a la mode with the Lemon Honey Ice Cream.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the milk and heavy cream and slowly warm over low heat until small bubbles form around the edges. Add the honey and stir to mix.
• In a medium bowl, whisk to combine the sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice and egg yolks. Slowly add the egg yolk mixture to the milk and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat, cover, and chill in the refrigerator until cold, about 1 hour.
• Transfer the mixture to an ice cream machine, process for about 30 minutes, and then freeze until frozen through, another 2 hours.

BERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• For the filling: In a large bowl, combine the granulated sugar and cornstarch; whisk until thoroughly mixed. Add the berries and lemon zest, and stir until the berries are completely coated. Pour the mixture into a 2-quart casserole dish or into 6 individual ramekins.
• For the topping: Sift together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Cut the butter into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender or two knives until the mixture has the texture of coarse meal.
• Add the cream and mix in with a fork until a dough forms. Dust a work surface and your hands with flour. Gather the dough into a ball.
• Knead the dough gently for about 1 minute. Flatten the dough ball and then roll out with a lightly-floured rolling pin, shaping the dough into a rectangle or oval that matches the top of your casserole dish; cut into rounds if using ramekins.
• Lay the dough on top of the berries in the casserole dish or ramekins. In a small bowl, whisk the egg with 1 tablespoon water until milky. Brush the dough with the egg wash and sprinkle with the turbinado sugar.
• Bake the cobbler until the topping is golden brown, about 35 minutes. Let rest for at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve with ice cream if using.

INDIVIDUAL BERRY COBBLERS WITH LEMON BUTTERMILK ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Make pastry stars:
• On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin roll out each puff pastry sheet into a 14- by 13-inch-rectangle. With 1 or more star-shaped cutters cut out 24 pastry stars. Divide pastry stars between 2 baking sheets, arranging in one layer, and freeze 5 minutes.
• Remove baking sheets from freezer. Brush top of each pastry star lightly with some egg wash (be careful not to drip down edges of pastry) and bake in middle and lower thirds of oven about 5 minutes. Alternate baking sheets and bake 5 to 10 minutes more, or until pastry stars are puffed and golden brown. Transfer pastry stars to a rack and cool completely. Pastry stars may be made 2 days ahead and kept in a sealed plastic bag at room temperature. Makes 24 stars.
• Make berry mixture:
• In a large bowl whisk together water, lemon juice, and cornstarch until combined well. Add berries and sugar, tossing gently to combine well. Divide berry mixture evenly among eight 1 1/2-cup shallow ramekins or baking dishes and put in 2 shallow baking pans. Bake berries in middle and lower thirds of oven 25 minutes and cool slightly.
• To assemble cobblers:
• Top each serving decoratively with pastry stars and a scoop of ice cream. Serve cobblers hot or warm.
• Make Lemon Buttermilk Ice Cream:
• In a small heavy saucepan whisk together yolks, lemon juice, and sugar and cook over moderate heat, whisking constantly, about 15 minutes, or until a candy thermometer registers 175°F. (do not boil). Strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl and cool, surface covered with plastic wrap.
• Whisk buttermilk and zest into cooled lemon curd until combined well and freeze in an ice-cream maker. Makes about 4 cups.