Is there a good way to make wild blackberries taste less bitter when baked in a cobbler?

Answer 1

I am a former chef from Canada and strangely enough a bit of lemon juice with your sugar and the pinch of salt, as one respondant said will help, for a cobbler use another fruit for contrast like a sweet apples or peaches.

This way the lemon juice will perk up the tartness of the wild blackberries and the other fruit will smooth and mellow out the flavour, I might also suggest a bit brown sugar, also, it has a way of helping and sprinkle a bit of suagr on the cobbler topping to add flavour and glaze the dough.

Answer 2

My granny always put the blackberries in water on low heat and let them cook for a bit and added just enough sugar to take the bitterness away. She did not add salt or butter to the berries, just a bit of sugar and corn starch to thicken the juices. Her cobblers were never bitter.

Answer 3

put the in a bowl and cover them in sugar, leave them alone in room temp. for a couple of hours for the sugar to be absorbed, them add them to the cobbler

Answer 4

Use more sugar and a few pinches of salt.
Salt actually reduces the perceived bitterness in foods.

Answer 5

Maple-flavoured golden syrup and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Answer 6

Add more sugar i would say

Answer 7

Let them ripen up, only solution to this is time...

Answer 8

add more sugar