Aunt Floras Soul Veggie Cobbler Recipes

TOMATO COBBLER

Steps:

• Make the filling: Heat oil in a large high-sided skillet over medium heat. Cook onions, stirring occasionally, until caramelized, about 25 minutes. Add garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Let cool.
• Toss onion mixture, tomatoes, flour, and red-pepper flakes with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and some pepper.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make the biscuit topping: Whisk together flour, baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or rub in with your fingers until small clumps form. Stir in cheese, then add cream, stirring with a fork to combine until dough forms. (Dough will be slightly sticky.)
• Transfer tomato mixture to a 2-quart baking dish (2 inches deep). Spoon 7 clumps of biscuit dough (about 1/2 cup each) over top in a circle, leaving center open. Brush dough with cream, and sprinkle with remaining tablespoon cheese. Bake until tomatoes are bubbling in the center and biscuits are golden brown, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack. Let cool for 20 minutes.

VEGGIE COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Place potato, carrots, peas, broccoli, corn, and squash in a medium pot and fill it with enough water to cover the vegetables plus one inch. Lighly salt the water, bring it to a boil. Then allow the vegetables to continue boiling for 4 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water and set them aside.
• Melt butter over medium heat in a large, deep skillet or Dutch oven. Add the onion and mushrooms and saute them until soft, about 4 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook the mixture, stirring nonstop, another 30 seconds. Add the vegetable broth, milk, salt, pepper, thyme, and celery seed and stir until sauce thickens, about 4 minutes.
• Add vegetables to the sauce and stir well. Add more salt and pepper if desired, and stir in Parmesan. Bring filling to a summer. Thin it with water if it becomes thicker than potato soup. Transfer the filling to a casserole dish.
• Make the corn bread topping. In a medium bowl, whisk together cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add milk, egg, and oil and stir until evenly blended. Spread the batter over the filling in the casserole dish. Bake until the top is golden brown and sides are bubbly, about 25 minutes.

CLARE'S WINTER VEGETABLE COBBLER

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Place the vegetables and sage in a roasting tin, drizzle with oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 30 minutes until nicely browned.
• Meanwhile, place the flour, salt, cayenne, butter and three quarters of the cheese in a food processor and whiz until well blended. Beat together the egg and 2 tablespoons of the milk then add to the food processor. Pulse to form a smooth, soft dough.
• Mix together the stock, cream and mustard, and pour over the vegetables. Then, with floured hands, roll the cobble mixture into 6 balls and flatten slightly with the heel of the hand. Brush the tops of the cobbles with the remaining milk, then scatter over the reserved cheese.
• Carefully place the cobbles on top of the vegetables and sauce and bake for 20 minutes until risen and golden brown. Serve immediately.