The dessert everyone likes: Cherry cobbler

As the biggest apple pie fan in the world, it is hard for me to accept that there is something that is perhaps even more delicious than homemade apple pie. Something new and yet not at all: Cherry cobbler. What a delicious pie-pudding-dessert this is! You can throw it together in no time and with a little salt in the dough and a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, this is an ultimate can't-go-wrong classic for your secret recipe notebook. Everyone loves this.

I did some research into Cherry cobbler history and it turns out that I am completely wrong about the timing. May 17th is National Cherry Cobbler Day in the USA. Why and how no one knows, but the origins of this delicious dish lie in the early British American colonies. Due to a lack of suitable ingredients and good cooking equipment, the English were unable to make their traditional suet pudding 🤢. Much struggling and failure later, a stewed filling with a kind of crumbly, crunchy biscuit layer emerged. To die for!

Now there are countless recipes for a Cherry cobbler so I don't pretend that this is the recipe of all recipes but... it does make the most delicious Cherry cobbler I've ever eaten, also with frozen cherries. Thanks Martha !

Ingredients

Number of persons: 8 - 10
Preparation time: 30 minutes - in the oven ± 1 hour
Kcal: definitely a lot

For the cherry filling:

• 700 g cherries*
• 1 tbsp granulated sugar (brown sugar or honey will also work)
• cornstarch (makes your mixture thick and shiny)
• lemon juice from half a lemon

*fresh cherries are only available in the summer, you can also choose frozen cherries in another season. Cherries from a can or jar are also possible, but keep in mind that they usually come in a mushy syrup with a lot of added sugar! In this recipe we assume fresh or frozen cherries.

For the dough on top:

• 200 gr flour
• 50 g granulated sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt to taste (e.g. 1/4 tsp)
• 90 g unsalted butter (cold)
• 180 ml unwhipped cream

You will also need: an oven dish of ±26 x 18 cm and possibly vanilla ice cream as an extra.

Messy cobblers are the best!

Preparation method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 - 200 ˚C
2. Mix all the ingredients for the filling in a large bowl well. Then spoon the mixture into the baking dish
3. Put the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in another bowl and mix. Cut the cold butter into pieces with two knives and quickly mix everything in the bowl with your hands until crumbly. Then add the cream until mixed. Do not knead, it can be 'messy' and lumpy (hurray!).
4. Using a spoon, divide the dough into coarse rustic lumps over the cherry filling until it is roughly covered.
5. You can now brush a layer of whipped cream on top, which will make it shine.
6. Bake your Cherry cobbler in the preheated oven for about 1 hour until the filling is visibly cooked and the crust looks done and golden brown. Keep an eye on it! Is the crust getting too hard? Then place aluminum foil over it.

Let the cobbler cool until you can eat it and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.