Buttermilk Fruit Topping Recipes

BUTTERMILK COBBLER

Steps:

• Melt margarine in 9x13 baking pan or other deep dish casserole.
• Combine all remaining ingredients and pour over melted margarine.
• Distribute fruit over top of batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

BUTTERMILK BISCUIT-TOPPED BERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9x13 inch glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2. In a medium bowl, toss berries with sugar and cornstarch. Mix in softened butter and Pour into prepared dish.
• 3. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in the butter with a fork or your fingers, until coarse crumbs form. Add buttermilk and mix gently, just until combined.
• 4. Drop topping onto berries to cover and sprinkle with sugar. Place baking dish on a baking sheet in case of spillover. Bake 45-55 minutes, until topping is golden brown and berries are bubbly. Cool 10 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped topping.

BUTTERMILK WAFFLES WITH TWO TOPPINGS

Steps:

• Preheat a well-seasoned or non-stick Belgian or standard waffle iron. Preheat oven to 200°F.
• In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and stir in buttermilk, butter, and eggs, stirring until smooth (batter will be thick).
• Spoon batter into waffle iron, using 1/2 cup batter for a 4-inch-square Belgian waffle or 1/4 cup batter for a 4-inch-square standard waffle and spreading batter evenly, and cook according to manufacturers's instructions. Transfer waffle to a baking sheet and keep warm, uncovered, in middle of oven. Make more waffles with remaining batter in same manner.
• Serve waffles with Brie sauce and hard-boiled eggs or compote. Makes about twelve 4-inch Belgian waffles or about twenty-four 4-inch standard waffles.
• Make Tarragon Brie Sauce with Hard-boiled Eggs:
• In a small bowl stir together flour and mustard. In a heavy saucepan melt butter over moderately low heat and whisk in flour mixture until smooth. Cook roux, whisking, 3 minutes. Whisk in milk in a stream and simmer mixture, whisking occasionally, 2 minutes, or until thickened. Add wine and simmer, whisking occasionally, 1 minute.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in Brie. Cook sauce over low heat, stirring constantly, until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth (do not let boil). Pour sauce through a sieve into another heavy saucepan. Sauce may be made up to this point 1 day ahead, cooled, uncovered, and chilled, its surface covered with plastic wrap. Reheat sauce over low heat, stirring, before proceeding (do not let boil). Stir into sauce lemon juice, tarragon, parsley, pepper, and salt to taste.
• Cut eggs into wedges. Arrange eggs on waffles and top with sauce. Makes about 2 1/2 cups sauce.
• Make Dried Fruit Compote:
• Peel and core apples and cut into 3/4-inch-thick wedges. In a large saucepan combine apples, sugar, dried fruit, and 1 1/4 cups cranberry-raspberry juice and bring to a boil. Simmer mixture over moderate heat 1 minute, or until apples are just tender, and remove pan from heat.
• In a small bowl stir together arrowroot and remaining 1/4 cup cranberry-raspberry juice and stir into compote. Cook compote over moderately low heat, stirring gently, until liquid is thickened and clear (do not let boil). Compote may be made up to this point 1 day ahead, cooled, uncovered, and chilled, covered. Reheat compote over low heat, stirring gently, before proceeding (do not let boil). Stir lemon juice into compote and serve warm over waffles. Makes about 5 cups compote.

CHERRY COBBLER WITH ALMOND-BUTTERMILK TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 2-quart baking dish. Place the cherries in a large bowl, and add the sugar, lemon juice and all-purpose flour. Carefully mix them together with a rubber spatula or a large spoon until the sugar and flour have dissolved into the liquids. Transfer to the baking dish, making sure to scrape out all of the liquid in the bowl.
• Sift all of the dry ingredients for the topping. If some of the cornmeal and almond flour remain in the sifter, just dump it into the bowl with the sifted flours. Place in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade, and pulse a few times. Add the butter, and pulse to cut in the butter until the mixture looks like coarse cornmeal. Turn on the food processor, and pour in the buttermilk with the machine running. As soon as the dough comes together, stop the machine.
• Spoon the topping over the cherries by the heaped tablespoon. The cherries should be just about covered but may peek out here and there. Place in the oven, and bake 35 to 40 minutes until the top is nicely browned and the cherries are bubbling. Remove from the heat, and allow to cool to warm before serving. Serve warm (heat in a low oven for 15 minutes if necessary before serving).