Mixed Berry Slump

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 pints mixed berries, such as blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, hulled sliced strawberries
• 3/4 cup sugar (or more to taste)
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in 1/4 cup water
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and thinly sliced
• 2/3 cup whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• vanilla ice cream

Recipe

• 1 combine the berries, sugar, orange juice, and butter in a nonreactive, heavy-bottomed saucepan or dutch oven.
• 2 bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
• 3 cook until the berries give off their juices, about 5 minutes.
• 4 stir in the dissolved cornstarch and return to the boil.
• 5 reduce the heat to medium-low.
• 6 meanwhile, make the dumplings.
• 7 whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• 8 add the butter, and using a pastry blender or a large fork, cut the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture looks crumbly with a few pea-sized pieces of butter.
• 9 mix the milk and vanilla in a measuring cup and stir into the flour mixture.
• 10 drop the dough by heaping teaspoons into the simmering berries to make 16 dumplings.
• 11 cover the saucepan and simmer until the dumplings are cooked through, about 20 minutes.
• 12 remove the pan from the heat and let stand, with the lid ajar, to cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
• 13 serve the berries warm in individual bowls, each serving topped with 2 dumplings and a scoop of ice cream.