Recipe courtesy of Charlotte Armstrong
Mama Lachute's Blackberry Dumplings
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 6 to 8 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 8 servings
- Calories
- 643
- Total Fat
- 16
- Saturated Fat
- 10
- Carbohydrates
- 121
- Dietary Fiber
- 7
- Sugar
- 85
- Protein
- 7
- Cholesterol
- 42
- Sodium
- 360
- Total: 50 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
For the blackberry topping:
3 pints fresh blackberries, rinsed well and drained
3 cups sugar
4 cups water, divided
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons butter
For the dumpling dough:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
6 tablespoons butter
Scant 1 teaspoon dry quick-rise yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons warm water
1 cup buttermilk
Whipped cream or Vanilla ice cream, for serving, optional
Directions
- For the blackberry filling:
- In a medium saucepan, combine the blackberries with the sugar, 3 cups of the water and lemon juice. Cook until the berries are soft and a heavy syrup has formed, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and strain off the syrup from the berries. Set the berries aside with 1/2 cup of the syrup and return the remaining syrup to the saucepan.
- Add the remaining 1 cup water, the vanilla, and the butter to the syrup in the saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- For the dumpling dough:
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
- Using a pastry blender, 2 knives, or your fingertips, cut in the 6 tablespoons butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Add the yeast mixture and the buttermilk to the flour mixture, stirring only until just incorporated. Do not overwork the dough.
- Drop the biscuit dough, by the tablespoonful, in batches, into boiling syrup and cook until the dumplings float to the surface and they are cooked through, about 5 minutes.
- Remove the dumplings from the syrup and place in small bowls. Ladle some of the hot syrup and cooked berries over the top of the dumplings. Serve garnished with a dollop of whipped cream or a small scoop of ice cream.