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Strawberry Rhubarb Skillet Dessert

This simple cobbler combines sweet strawberries, tangy rhubarb, and a fluffy sourdough biscuit topping. Minimize waste and use your leftover starter discard for a delicious dessert.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 29 minutes
Servings: 8 people

Ingredients
  

Strawberry Rhubarb Filing
  • 2 lb Strawberries sliced
  • 4 cup Rhubarb cut into 1/2" pieces
  • 1 ½ tsp Cinnamon or Ceylon Cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp Flour
  • 3 tbsp Butter softened
  • ¼ cup Brown Sugar
Biscuit Topping
  • 2 cup All-Purpose Flour
  • ½ cup Sourdough Discard
  • cup Butter or Coconut Oil melted
  • ¼ cup Honey
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • cup Heavy Whipping Cream cold
  • ¼ cup Brown Sugar

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F
  2. Hull and slice up your strawberries, chop up your rhubarb, and add these to a large cast iron skillet
    2 lb Strawberries, 4 cup Rhubarb
  3. Sprinkle cinnamon, flour, brown sugar, and butter over top of the fruit, and toss around. Place in the oven for about 10 minutes and move onto the biscuit dough.
    1 ½ tsp Cinnamon or Ceylon Cinnamon, 2 tbsp Flour, ¼ cup Brown Sugar, 3 tbsp Butter
  4. Combine the flour, sourdough starter, melted coconut oil (or butter), and honey - mix well
    2 cup All-Purpose Flour, ½ cup Sourdough Discard, ⅓ cup Butter or Coconut Oil, ¼ cup Honey
  5. To the wet mixture, add baking soda, baking powder, brown sugar, and heavy whipping cream, and thoroughly combine. You may need to use your hands to make sure everything is incorporated.
    1 tsp Baking Powder, 1 tsp Baking Soda, ⅓ cup Heavy Whipping Cream, ¼ cup Brown Sugar
  6. On a lightly-floured surface, roll/pat out your dough to about a half-inch thickness. Cut out biscuits using a biscuit cutter or wide mouth mason jar.
  7. Carefully remove your strawberry/rhubarb mixture from the oven stir to incorporate all the ingredients.
  8. Place the biscuits on top of the strawberry/rhubarb mixture. Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until the biscuits start to turn golden brown in color.

Notes

  • If you want to long ferment this recipe, you can allow the mixed ingredients from step 1 to rest covered, at room temperature, for 8-24 hours. After it has rested, continue on with step 2.