Classic Sour Cherry Cobbler Recipes

SOUR CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Toss the pitted cherries with the sugar and allow to macerate for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes drain the cherries, reserving the juice. Transfer the cherries to a large bowl and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Place a 12" cast iron skillet into the oven to preheat (if using a 13"x9" baking pan you don't need to preheat the pan).
• Whisk a 1/2 cup of the cherry juice with the corn starch until smooth.
• Place the remaining juice and the salt in a saucepan over high heat. Bring the juice to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low. Whisk the cornstarch mixture into the boiling juice in a steady stream. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until it returns to a boil and thickens.
• Remove the thickened juice from the heat and immediately pour it over the pitted cherries. Toss to combine. Set the bowl aside while you make the topping.
• Whisk together the all purpose flour, cake flour, salt, baking powder and sugar. Toss the butter slices into the flour. Use your fingers to work the butter into the flour until the pieces are no larger than a pea.
• Whisk the egg and almond extract into the cream. Pour the cream into flour mixture. Toss the mixture with a spoon or spatula until it begins for form a wet dough.
• Pour the cherries into the preheated 12" cast iron skillet or a 9"x13" baking pan.
• Use an ice cream scoop or large spoon to drop dollops of batter over the cherries. Generously sprinkle the top of the biscuits with granulated sugar.
• Slide the pan into the oven. Place a sheet of foil on the shelf beneath the cobbler in the oven to catch any cherry juice boil over.
• Bake until the topping is golden brown and baked in the middle and the juices are bubbling, about 35-40 minutes.
• Serve warm or room temperature.

CLASSIC SOUR CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease a 9x13-inch oven-safe casserole dish and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix the sour cherries with the sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, allspice, nutmeg, and salt until the cherries are coated evenly. The cherries will be milky white but that's okay. That's actually how you want it. Set aside.
• In another bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center then pour in the buttermilk and melted butter. Mix together with a spatula until dough comes together and no flour is left.
• Pour the sour cherry mixture into the prepared casserole dish in an even layer. Using a spoon, spoon the biscuits over top of the cherry mixture. It doesn't have to be perfect. It's supposed to look rustic :)
• Sprinkle turbinado or sparkling sugar on top of the biscuits.
• Bake on the middle rack in the oven for 30-40 minutes, or until the biscuits are lightly brown on top and the cherry mixture is bubbling.
• Let cool for 10-15 minutes after you remove from the oven and then serve with a giant scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

SOUR CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Spray an 8" pan with non stick spray.
• Place cherries in pan, (after draining them, reserve juice in small bowl) set aside.
• Heat cherry juice, one tbls flour and 1/8 tsp salt.cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes; Add almond extract and a few drops of red food coloring, if desired; Pour over cherries.
• Sift remaining flour with salt, baking powder and remaining sugar -- , Blend in margarine, till crumbly --, Stir in milk.Drop by tblsful over cherry mixture, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar to taste.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes at 425*.

SOUR CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Working over a bowl pit the cherries, discarding the pits and reserving the cherries and any juices in the bowl, and into the cherries stir the cornstarch, 2/3 cups of the sugar, the lemon juice, and almond extract. In a small bowl stir together the flour, the baking powder, the salt, the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and the butter, blend the mixture until it resembles coarse meal, and stir in 1/4 cup boiling water, stirring until the batter is just combined. In an 8-inch cast-iron skillet or flameproof baking dish bring the cherry mixture to a boil, drop the batter by heaping tablespoons onto it, and bake the cobbler in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until the top is golden. Serve the cobbler with the ice cream.
• Make Peach and Brown Sugar Ice Cream:
• In a saucepan combine the peaches, the granulated sugar, and 1/4 cup water and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the peaches are soft. Purée the mixture in a food processor or blender, force the purée through a fine sieve into a bowl, and let it cool. In the pan, cleaned, cook the brown sugar with 1/4 cup water over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is dissolved. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat the yolks and the whole egg until they are frothy, beat in the brown sugar syrup, and beat the mixture until it is thick and pale. Stir in the half-and-half, scalded, pour the mixture into the pan and cook it over moderately low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, to 175°F. on a candy thermometer. Strain the custard through the fine sieve into another large bowl, let it cool, and stir in the peach purée, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, and the peach schnapps. Freeze the mixture in an ice-cream freezer according to the manufacturer's instructions. Makes about 1 quart.