Savory Tomato Cobbler with Cornmeal-Cheddar Biscuits is juicy tomatoes cooked with onions, garlic, and thyme topped with crunchy cheddar cheese cornmeal biscuits.
1teaspoonfresh thyme leavesplus a few sprigs for garnish
Biscuits Ingredients
1-¾cupsall-purpose flour
⅔cupcornmeal
2tablespoongranulated sugar
1tablespoonbaking powder
½teaspoonkosher salt
½cupcold unsalted butter
1-½cupsbuttermilk
1cupshredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
Cobbler Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Sauté onion in a large skillet over medium heat for 5-6 minutes or until tender.
While the onion is sautéing, chop the large tomatoes and discard the core.
Add the tomatoes to the skillet along with the minced garlic and 1 pint of the cherry tomatoes. Cook for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and add the vinegar, brown sugar, flour or cornstarch, salt, pepper and thyme leaves. Mix well.
Biscuits Directions
Add the remaining pint of cherry tomatoes and pour everything into an oven-safe casserole dish which has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
To make the cornmeal-cheddar biscuits, place the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt in a food processor*. Pulse a few times to combine the dry ingredients.
Cut the butter into cubes and add to the food processor. Pulse until the butter is in small pieces, about the size of a small pea.
Add the buttermilk and shredded cheese and process just until the mixture comes together. Do not over mix the dough.
Use an ice-cream scoop to scoop out the biscuit dough and place on top of the tomato mixture. Place the biscuits about ½ inch apart; they will spread just a bit.
Bake for about 35 minutes at 375 degrees F. or until the biscuits are golden brown and the tomato mixture is bubbling. Let sit for 10-15 minutes and serve warm.
Optional, garnish with sprigs of thyme. Enjoy!
Notes
*If you don't have a food processor, place the biscuit dry ingredients in a medium size bowl and mix well. Cut up the butter into small chunks and use a pastry cutter or fork to cut the butter into the dry mix. The mixture should look like small coarse crumbs. Add the buttermilk and shredded cheese and stir to combine.[nutrition-label]