With fresh rhubarb ready for harvesting and summer berries in full tilt, I turned to a trusted source for an easy dessert recipe to showcase them both.
I can’t believe it was last weekend that I made this delectable dessert and it has taken me over a week to get the recipe to you. I suppose we have been doing our best to milk the last of summer, which means as little time in front of a computer as possible. Hopefully many of you are doing the same!
This past spring, I had high hopes for my edible garden. I few things here and there this summer kept me from the bountiful harvest I had seen in my crystal ball. Luckily, I did manage to get a rhubarb plant into my perennial patch. As it grew, the leaves were perforated by some creepy crawly garden inhabitants but no matter… it was the precious stalks I awaited.
There is such deep satisfaction in harvesting something from your own yard and bringing it directly into your kitchen. In honor of a visit from some good friends, who are gardener’s themselves, I cut the stalks and planned to showcase them in a simple, summer dessert. At first, I considered a pie but thought better of rolling out a crust (my summer laziness strikes again.) Instead, I turned to Simply Recipes for a strawberry rhubarb cobbler recipe. Due to lack of ingredients, I omitted the orange zest and substituted cornstarch for the quick cooking tapioca. We savored our warm cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This dessert alone is worth a few more rhubarb plants in garden next year.
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler Recipe
from Simply Recipes
Fruit mixture:
4 1/2 cups rhubarb stalks cut into 1-inch pieces (Trim outside stringy layer of large rhubarb stalks; make sure to trim away any and discard of the leaves which are poisonous; trim ends.)
1 1/2 cups strawberries, stemmed and sliced
1/2 cup white sugar
2 Tablespoons of quick cooking tapioca
1 teaspoon of grated orange peel
Cobbler crust:
2 Tbsp white sugar
1 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a bowl, mix the rhubarb and the strawberries with the sugar, tapioca, and orange zest. Let sit to macerate for 30 minutes to an hour.
In a medium bowl, combine 2 Tablespoons of sugar, the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut the butter in with a fork or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the milk and egg until just moistened.
Pour fruit into a 2-quart casserole dish. Drop the batter on the fruit. Bake in a 350°F oven for 35 minutes until cobbler crust is golden brown.
Serves 4-6. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
August 23rd, 2010 at 3:28 am
Looks delicious – I’ll try making this but will have to wait for summer down here to get the strawberries.You may like to check out my blog for a Rhubarb and Date Crumble recipe if you’ve got rhubarb to spare.
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Cheers
Heather
August 23rd, 2010 at 7:55 am
Looks great, but alas, there’s no where to get rhubarb around here anymore. I’m afraid I’ve missed the boat on this one til next summer.
August 23rd, 2010 at 8:08 am
Anything with cobbler in the title is definitely making its way into our ovens. This looks gorgeous and delicious!
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I love any and all cobblers, but I’ve never tried one with rhubarb before. It looks soooo good and is making me wish summer would stick around for a little longer!
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August 28th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Sounds great -I could really get behind some more berries after seeing them all over the place on the west coast this past week!
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Wow, great job here. Awesome picture too! You should really consider submitting this to Recipe4Living’s Fall Cobbler Recipe Contest! It looks delicious!
September 21st, 2010 at 9:57 pm
The rhubarb and strawberry cobbler looks divine. Awesome pic.
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September 28th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
absolutely beautiful!
October 18th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Thanks so much for the recipe! We made it a couple weeks ago, and I still find myself craving it. Thanks! http://adventuresineatingin.blogspot.com/2010/10/not-chicago-style.html
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