Chocolate Porter Berry Cobblers
Jackie Dodd-Mallory
(Senior Editor)
There is this way that I make food that I can only really see in retrospect as a mirror to how I’m feeling. Messy food means that I’ve wandered into internal chaos. It’s OK, there are much less healthy ways of dealing with emotions than the culinary mood ring that my kitchen becomes.
There are some changes on my horizon, good changes, but ones that will put me on a new path. A path I’m ready for, excited for, but the thing about transition is you can only clearly see what you are giving up. What you have to gain is still a mystery, but you have a firm account of what will be lost in the shift. It takes faith in yourself, and those decision you’ve made, to keep your eyes firmly on the next trapeze bar after you’ve already let go of the one you were holding, flying through the air with nothing more than hope in what you’ve decided to do. Faith that the world will conspire in your favor.
I’m not going to keep you in the dark for long. I want you to join me in this transition, this journey. But today isn’t for that. Today is for eating chocolate, drinking beer and enjoying the moment. More about my figurative trapeze leap later.
Chocolate Porter Berry Cobbler
Ingredients
Topping
- ¾ cup flour
- ¼ cup quick oats
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup chilled butter
Filling
- 3 cups berries* thawed if frozen
- 7 wt oz dark chocolate about 1 ¼ cups
- ¾ cup porter or stout I used Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean
Instructions
- Add the flour, oats, both sugars, and salt to a food processor, pulse to combine.
- Add the butter, process until combined.
- Place in the freezer until the filling is ready.
- In a double boiler over medium heat, add the chocolate and the beer, stir until melted, remove from heat.
- Stir in the berries.
- Place 4 oven safe bowls (8 to 10 fl oz size) on a baking sheet.
- Add the filling to the bowls, about 2/3 full.
- Add the topping until level with the top of the bowl.
- Bake at 350 until golden brown, about 45-50 minutes.
Notes
Comments
Paula – bell’alimento February 5, 2014 um 6:53 am
Diving right into this one!
Katrina @ WVS February 5, 2014 um 7:19 am
haha, I never thought about it that way! Messy foods go along quite nicely with a messy mood! I would eat this at any time though – so tasty sounding!
Sophia @ NY Foodgasm February 5, 2014 um 7:20 am
OMG this looks magically delicious! Mmmmmm! So decadent!
What Jessica Baked Next… February 5, 2014 um 7:39 am
Looks absolutely delicious 🙂
Michelle Lahey February 5, 2014 um 10:38 am
I love berries with chocolate, and cobbler is such a comforting winter dessert. Looks fantastic!
Happy Valley Chow February 5, 2014 um 12:57 pm
I definitely wouldn’t mind gobbling one of these down! Fantastic recipe 🙂
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
Tieghan February 5, 2014 um 9:16 pm
I am in this same "messy food, busy life" stage! I think messy food is gorgeous though and these are topping my must make list!
Excited to hear your news!
Meredith In sock monkey slippersdith February 6, 2014 um 9:35 am
All I want for Valentine’s Day is this!
Nadira @ Best Juice Extractor Reviews February 7, 2014 um 10:45 pm
These Chocolate Porter Berry Cobblers so amazingly delicious! Exactly what I want for a Valentine’s Day treat! I must make them soon. 🙂
marla February 13, 2014 um 8:27 am
Crazy in love with these cobblers!
Luisa April 16, 2014 um 7:15 am
I tried this and it is amaziiiing <3
Totally going into the blog (that one where I try to adapt different recipes to Brazilian market :D) once I can fix some technical issues :/
We used a Brazilian Stout called Baden Baden, which was really yummy, and then paired the dessert with Young's Double Chocolate! Super awesome combo! 😀