Ingredients

  • 3 pints blackberries
  • 1 12 cups sugar
  • 14 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 12 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon dark rum or 1 tablespoon Bourbon
  • 1 12 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 34 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
  • 34 cup unsifted masa harina, preferably white
  • 12 cup unsifted stone-ground yellow cornmeal
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking powder
  • 14 teaspoon baking soda
  • 14 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 14 teaspoon salt
  • 5 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
  • 34 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 400; butter a shallow 3-quart baking dish (should be no more than 2 inches deep); set aside.
  • Blackberry mixture-mix all ingredients in a large nonreactive bowl; transfer to prepared baking dish.
  • Topping-Sift the flour, masa harina, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, and salt into a large bowl; set aside.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Slide the cobbler onto the middle oven shelf and bake for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly and lightly browned.
  • Serve hot, or if you prefer, cook the cobbler to room temperature before serving.