Fresh Blackberry Slump with Drop Dumplings
This summer treat is the perfect way to use those fresh blackberries you just picked at the orchard. This Dutch oven fruit slump is cooked on the stove so you don't even need to use the oven during the sweltering heat of summer.
Equipment
- Skillet or Dutch Oven
Ingredients
- 4 cups Blackberries preferably fresh
- ¾ cup Sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
- ⅓ cup Water
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla preferably bourbon barrel aged
Dumplings
- 1 Cup Flour
- 1.5 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ Cup Buttermilk liquid
- 2 Tabblespons Butter
Instructions
Dumplings
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a medium sized bowl.
- If using powdered buttermilk, reconstitute it in a measuring cup.
- Dice the butter into small cubes and cut into the flour. Continue to cut in the butter until the flour resembles small peas.
- Stir in the milk all at once and mix until just combined. Then form into a loose ball and set aside.
Fruit
- Prepare a dutch oven or skillet on the stove top. Add the blackberries, sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, nutmeg, vanilla, and water to the dutch oven and heat until boiling, stirring a few times to make sure the berries are well coated in syrup.
- Tear small pieces off of the dumpling dough ball and drop into the boiling fruit mixture. You want about 8-10 dumplings, and try not to crowd them too much in the pan.
- Cover the pan or dutch oven and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for 25 minutes, without opening the lid, then remove the lid and check the dumplings for doneness with a tooth pick.
- Serve the slump with ice cream and a couple pieces of fresh fruit.
Nutrition
Calories: 279kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 4gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 357mgPotassium: 211mgFiber: 6gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 356IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 116mgIron: 2mg
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