Spiced Blackberry And Cornmeal Cobbler

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 pints blackberries
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon dark rum or 1 tablespoon bourbon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsifted masa harina, preferably
• 1/2 cup unsifted stone-ground yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400°; butter a shallow 3-quart baking dish (should be no more than 2 inches deep); set aside.
• 2 blackberry mixture-mix all ingredients in a large nonreactive bowl; transfer to prepared baking dish.
• 3 topping-sift the flour, masa harina, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, and salt into a large bowl; set aside.
• 4 cream the butter and powdered sugar in a large electric mixer bowl at medium speed for 1-2 minutes or until fluffy; beat in the egg.
• 5 with the mixer at low speed, add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour and beating after each addition only enough to combine.
• 6 scoop the batter (it will be quite thick) into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip and pipe over the berries in a lattice pattern, spacing the rows 1 1/2 inches apart.
• 7 slide the cobbler onto the middle oven shelf and bake for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly and lightly browned.
• 8 serve hot, or if you prefer, cook the cobbler to room temperature before serving.