Cardamom Berry Cobbler
Easy Blueberry and strawberry cobbler that comes together in no time with juicy bubbling fruit on bottom and flaky biscuits on top. Enjoy with some ice cream ala mode.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Fruit base
- 1 ½ cup blueberries
- 1 cup strawberries roughly chopped
- 3 - 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp cornstarch
Biscuit layer
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup almond meal
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp white granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- ½ stick cold butter very cold
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 tbsp buttermilk or heavy cream cold
- Ice cream or crème fraiche to serve
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 400 F.
- Take all the ingredients for the fruit in a mixing bowl – berries, cornstarch and sugar. Toss to coat everything. Transfer it in a baking dish or 4 medium sized ramekins.
- Once the oven is hot, place the baking dish or ramekins on a baking sheet (to catch any juices overflowing dripping outside) and place it in the oven for about 20 -25 minutes.
- Make the biscuit layer.
- Mix all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl- all purpose flour, almond meal, salt, sugar, cardamom powder and baking powder. Give dry ingredients a stir.
- Cut cold butter into the flour mix with the help of your hands until it resembles pea sized crumbles of flour and butter.
- Add in the buttermilk and vanilla extract and mix all together to form a rough shaggy dough. Do not over mix the dough.
- Remove the fruits from the oven, using an ice cream scoop or hands, scoop out few dollops of dough on top of the fruits covering the berries. Do not worry about placing it exactly in some design. Just make sure everything is covered.
- Put the baking tray back in the oven and bake until the top of the biscuits looks brown on top and they have risen a bit for about 20-25 minutes.
- Remove it and let it cool down for 15 minutes before serving.
- Serve with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or crème fraiche.
- It can be stored in the refrigerator covered with foil for few days. It tastes better when served immediately after baking.
Notes
- You can adjust sugar as per your liking and the berries tartness. We like a little tartness and less sweet desserts.
- If you are allergic to almond meal or do not want to use it, just skip it.
- To make buttermilk- I used 1 tbsp of yogurt and dilute it with some water. That’s what I have used instead of buying a big can of buttermilk. You can also use heavy cream instead of buttermilk. You cannot substitute with anything else.