This Peach Blueberry Basil Cobbler takes advantage of two of my favorite fresh fruits with the addition of basil for an out of the ordinary dessert.
Our stores are starting to get this summer's fresh peach crop in stock, so I picked up a few and made my Peach Blueberry Basil Cobbler. Not only are the fresh peaches and blueberries wonderfully complimentary flavors, the basil adds an additional, very unexpected, layer that takes a humble cobbled dessert to something much more interesting.
I absolutely love fresh herbs. I've planted an herb garden for years and years.
Some years it's just a few pots on the back deck and other years it's a full-blown plot of land. This year we opted for the few pots on the back deck.
Those few pots have supplied us with more basil, dill, oregano, marjoram, and thyme than we could ever possibly use. Time to freeze some for the winter!
One of my favorite and less usual ways to use herbs is in desserts, especially fruit desserts. Several years ago I made a delicious Apricot Thyme Galette and an incredibly delicious Pineapple Blueberry Basil Galette. Both great examples of combining herbs with fruit.
I hope you'll try this cobbler and be inspired to use fresh herbs in your desserts as well.
This Peach Blueberry Basil Cobbler takes advantage of two of my favorite fresh fruits with the addition of basil for an out of the ordinary dessert. Click To Tweet
How to Make Peach Blueberry Basil Cobbler
Place the peach slices and blueberries in a bowl and sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar (or more depending on how sweet the fruit is). I personally prefer mine less sweet. You can adjust the sugar to your own preference. Mix gently to distribute the sugar and allow to sit for approximately 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Pour the melted butter into the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish or pan.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, remaining 1/4 cup sugar, milk and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.
Pour the batter evenly over the melted butter but do not stir it together.
Stir the basil into the fruit mixture.
Pour the sweetened fruit and basil mixture over the butter. Do not stir together.
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until the crust is brown and fruit is bubbly. Remove the cobbler from the oven and allow it to cool for approximately 15 minutes.
Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and additional basil.
Lucy Frances Griffin Matthews
(Personal note - you may have noticed the beaten and battered spoon in the photo above. That spoon is one of my most treasured objects. It belonged to my many-times-great-grandmother, Lucy Frances Griffin Matthews (known to one and all as Munnie), who was born in 1853. I just love that spoon and wouldn't trade it for a dozen brand new ones.)
Enjoy!
More Cobbler Recipes on Never Enough Thyme:
- Strawberry Cobbler
- Banana Bread Cobbler
- Mixed Berry Cobbler
- Gingerbread Apple Cobbler
- Apple Patchwork Cobbler
More Cooking with Fresh Herbs
- Homemade Cilantro Mayonnaise from The Heritage Cook
- Tomato Basil Hummus from Food Hunters Guide
- Lemon Sage Mustard from Stetted
- Lemony Three Bean Salad with Feta, Tomatoes, and Marjoram from The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Lemongrass Ice Cream from Pastry Chef Online
- Peach-Rosemary Shrub from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
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Peach Blueberry Basil Cobbler
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen peach slices
- 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup sugar divided (more depending on sweetness of fruit)
- 1 stick 8 tblsp. butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 tblsp. shredded fresh basil
- Vanilla ice cream for serving
- Additional shredded basil for garnish
Instructions
- Place the peach slices and blueberries in a bowl and sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar (or more depending on how sweet the fruit is). Mix gently to distribute the sugar and allow to sit for approximately 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Pour the melted butter into the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish or pan.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, remaining 1/4 cup sugar, milk and vanilla. Whisk until well combined. Pour evenly over the melted butter but do not stir.
- Stir the basil into the fruit mixture. Pour the sweetened fruit and basil mixture over the butter. Do not stir together.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until crust is brown and fruit is bubbly.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for approximately 15 minutes.
- Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and additional basil.
Notes
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Colleen (Souffle Bombay)
I am all about cooked fruit...I just love it - adding in basil to your dessert?? I totally dig that!
Cookin Canuck
Fresh herbs is one of the many reasons that I love summertime cooking! Basil is so versatile and is always wonderful with fruit, and you've shown that beautifully here!
Lana Stuart
Yes, I do think basil is one of the most versatile of all fresh herbs. Just as nice with fruit as it is in a tomato sauce or tossed into a salad.
Ansh
Welcome back Lana! Hope you are feeling better and healing fast. Love basil in a sweet dish and it's absolutely brilliant in a cobbler!
Lana Stuart
Thanks for the welcome, Ansh! I agree - basil in a sweet dish is unexpectedly delicious!
Paula - bell'alimento
That spoon this cobbler. Swoon. Welcome back Lana!
Lana Stuart
Thanks a million, Paula!
Angie
This cobbler is just summer perfection! Peach and blueberry is a great combination I've never had but can't wait to try!
Lana Stuart
Peach and blueberry is a great combination! I hope you'll try it soon, Angie.
Miss P
Well, now that you are feeling better, I fully expect you to just come on down to my house and make this for me. Bring basil. I did not grow any, because it is so hot that it would probably spontaneously combust here.
I have always loved that picture of Munnie. From all of the family accounts, she was a pistol. And, the spoon is reported to be of "coin silver" meaning that coins were melted and poured to create the item.
It's great that you are rolling again.
Miss P
Lana Stuart
I understand that there were originally 12 of those spoons. I'm not sure how many survived, but they are owned by other family members. I'm just honored to be the caretaker of this particular one :-)
Martha @ A Family Feast
So glad you're feeling better Lana! Love the hit of basil on top of this classic summertime dessert!
Lana Stuart
Thanks so much, Martha. It's good to be better and back in the kitchen!
Ginny McMeans
Look at all that delicious looking fruit in there. I am glad you are feeling better and getting back in the groove again. Good to see your recipes too.
Lana Stuart
Thanks so much for your good wishes, Ginny! Glad to be back.
Sarah Walker Caron (Sarah's Cucina Bella)
There is so much that I love about this recipe -- Basil is my favorite herb, and the idea of having a warm bit of this with some vanilla ice cream sounds amazing. Great recipe!
Lana Stuart
Warm fruit desserts with cold ice cream are just about my favorite thing! The basil just adds that little something special :-)
Jeanette | Jeanette's Healthy Living
I love the idea of using fresh basil in fruit desserts - what a beautiful summer idea!
Lana Stuart
Thank you, Jeanette.