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Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuits and Honeyed Cream

April 6, 2017 by Joy the Baker 27 Comments

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I swear… as soon as we wind our clocks forward and tack that extra hour of daylight to our evenings, I’m sure it’s summer.  I’m sure it’s time for a new pair of (now age appropriate) jean shorts, time for pink wine and pink sunsets, time for me to start chasing the sound of summer waves crashing on summer beaches.  

Time, really… for me to hold my horses.  

Because spring. Because there’s this easing into summer that usually involves lots of spring rain and surprisingly crisp days and just blooming flowers. In these gloriously crisp and blooming days we get welcome early strawberries and right-on-time rhubarb.  It’s only natural that we combine the two in some sort of pie iteration.  Today: cobbler with cornmeal biscuits and soft honey cream.  

We’ve done spring time biscuit things before.  See: Lavender Blackberry Scones. 

Mish mash. Splish splash. Humble crumble. Strawberry rhubard. Honeyed cream supreme. 

Here’s what you’ll need.  It’s simple really: 

  •  Flour and cornmeal.  Buttermilk and butter. Sugar and salt and leavening.  For biscuits.
  •  Strawberry and rhubarb.  Orange and fresh nutmeg. Sugar and cornstarch. For fruit filling. 

I start by mixing the sliced fresh strawberries with the sliced fresh rhubarb.  Sneak a few bites of the raw rhubarb in your mouth just to appreciate how tart it is. Very tart. Just one of those things to let you know what the world tastes like before we sweeten it with sugar and bake it up. 

To the fruit and barb we’ll add granulated sugar, cornstarch to thicken the juices, orange zest, orange juice (just a good squeeze), and freshly grated nutmeg for a grounding spice. 

The mixture is tossed until each bit of fruit is coated in sugar, cornstarch, orange and nutmeg.  The sugar and cornstarch will disappear into the fruit.  In a 9-inch baking pan the mixture will begin to seep juices.  That’s good news all the way. 

While the fruit macerates, we’ll make the cornmeal biscuits. 

Simplicity.

We’ve been down this biscuit road before.  This go-round we’re adding cornmeal for that bit of texture that makes your mouth-brain say heeey! 

We’ve also got the usual suspects: all-purpose flour, a good sprinkle of sugar and salt, baking powder and baking soda. 

Butter.

Clearly. 

Buttermilk.

Obviously.

Shaped and round-cut.  

You may need to reroll the scraps to get 9 biscuits.  One reroll is totally called for.

The biscuits are brushed with melted butter and sprinkled and sugar (for extra credit). 

This cobbler gets two bakes. 

The first bake softens the strawberries and rhubarb.  The second bake fluffs and browns the biscuits and makes the bake extra juicy.  

With honeyed cream, aggressively honeyed cream, this bake is irresistible.  I like mine smushed and mushed to an almost unrecognizable biscuit, fruit and cream mixture. 

Photos with Jon Melendez! 

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Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler with Cornmeal Biscuits and Honeyed Cream

  • Author: Joy the Baker
  • Prep Time: 30
  • Cook Time: 40
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
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Ingredients

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For the Biscuits

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more to roll out doughq
  • 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided, cold and cut up into small chunks
  • 3/4 cup cold buttermilk

For the Cobbler

  • 4 cups 1-inch rhubarb chunks
  • 3 cups strawberry chunks
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • pinch of salt
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon orange zest and squeeze of orange juice

For the Honeyed Cream

  • 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • splash of vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. To make the biscuits, in a medium bowl whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Add 7 tablespoons of the cold butter chunks to the dry ingredients and use your fingers or a pastry cutter to work the butter into the flour mixture. Work the butter into the mixture until some butter is the size of oat flakes, some the size of small peas, and all of the dry ingredients are lightly coated in fat.
  3. Create a small well in the center of the mixture and add the buttermilk. Use a fork to fluff the mixture together, being sure to moisten every bit with buttermilk. Add a tablespoon or two more if your mixture is feeling too dry.
  4. Stir the mixture into a shaggy dough then dump onto a lightly floured work surface.
  5. Gently work the dough into a 2-inch thick disk.
  6. Use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll the dough to a 1-inch thickness. Use a 2 ½ inch round biscuit cutter to cut biscuit rounds, gathering and rerolling the scraps to cut 9 biscuits. Set aside.
  7. In a 9-inch square pan, toss together rhubarb and strawberry pieces, sugar, cornstarch, salt, nutmeg, orange zest and orange juice. Toss until everything is evenly coated.
  8. Bake fruit mixture for 20 minutes, until just beginning to bubble.
  9. Remove from the oven and place the biscuits on top of the warmed fruit. Brush the top of the biscuits with the remaining tablespoon of butter that has been melted.
  10. Return the biscuits and fruit to the oven and bake for 15 minutes, until the fruit has broken down and bubbled, and the biscuits are risen and golden.
  11. While the biscuits bake, combine cream, honey, vanilla, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer until the cream reaches soft peaks.
  12. Remove the cobbler from the oven, allow to cool for 20 to 30 minutes before serving so it’s just warm when dishing into bowls. Serve with honeyed cream and enjoy!


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  • Serving Size: 9

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  1. Rebecca HH

    May 12, 2018 at 8:07 am

    I am historically a terrible baker but I tried this last night and it was turned out amazing!! Thanks for helping a sister out!

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    • joythebaker

      May 12, 2018 at 7:00 pm

      Oh I’m so glad!

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  2. kitbibb

    October 2, 2017 at 12:46 pm

    I love Strawberry and this recipe is really great! So many thanks for sharing.

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  3. Lauren

    June 11, 2017 at 12:08 pm

    Joy, I made this last night and it turned out so good! My husband LOVED the cornmeal biscuits. I ended up baking it longer than directed (at both the 20 minutes for the fruit and the 15 minutes for the biscuits), but otherwise the recipe is spot on! Thank you!

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    • joythebaker

      June 12, 2017 at 10:01 am

      Great!

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  4. Sarah S. Snell

    May 8, 2017 at 4:34 am

    This would the one of a breakfast to me. I love strawberry in any meal or breakfast. As a lover of strawberry, i must say you are done great things with it. Thanks for this awesomely looking recipe. Thanks again for this share!!

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  5. Kearin

    April 13, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    It is torture watching rhubarb recipes popping up – sometimes you’re on the winning end of being in the opposite hemisphere and other times theres a cyclone outside while other people have rhubarb!

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  6. Erin

    April 12, 2017 at 8:28 am

    This looks very yummy! Can not wait for summer strawberries!

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  7. Alison

    April 11, 2017 at 11:04 pm

    Yum! Love all the red and white in these pics! Totally pops!

    Reply
  8. lainecidlowski

    April 10, 2017 at 10:36 am

    Just a rando comment here, I used your cheddar black pepper biscuit recipe slightly modified with chives and candied bacon to win my friends Bourbon and Biscuits party. Thanks for the tasty biscuits, I can’t wait to read the new book.

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  9. Lindsay | With Salt and Pepper

    April 10, 2017 at 8:08 am

    I’m with Julie up above…you had me at age appropriate jean shorts. My go-to J Crew I’m not sure are loving me these days! Pink wine and sunsets….Yesssssss :-)

    Reply
  10. Mary Nooney

    April 8, 2017 at 9:24 am

    Ahhhhhh….strawberries! I’ll wait until they’re in season here in SE PA and make this :)

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