An American cobbler is a wonderful pudding consisting of a batter poured over fruit and then baked. This forest fruits version uses frozen fruit so it's great to have some stashed in the freezer.
Ingredients
- 500g frozen forest fruits
- 1 Bramley apple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- Grated zest of 1 orange
- ½ tbsp cornflour
For the cobbler crumble
- 150g self-raising flour
- 50g ground almonds
- 85g golden caster sugar
- 80g chilled butter, cubed
- 150ml buttermilk
- 2 tbsp flaked almonds
Method
- 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/ gas 6. To prepare the filling, mix the frozen fruits, apple chunks, caster sugar, orange zest and cornflour together in a large bowl then spoon into a 1.8-litre ovenproof dish.
- 2. For the cobbler crumble, put the flour, ground almonds and 70g of the sugar in a food processor, add the butter and pulse until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the buttermilk and pulse again to form a soft dough.
- 3. Place large spoonfuls of the cobbler crumble mixture haphazardly over the filling, then sprinkle with the flaked almonds and remaining sugar.
- 4. Bake for 35-40 minutes until bubbling and golden brown. Serve with a jug of pouring cream.
Nutritional info
Per serving (based on 8): 301kcals, 14.3g fat (5.8g saturated), 5.3g protein, 40.2g carbs, 23.9g sugar, 0.3g salt
Chef's tip
You can buy buttermilk in most major supermarkets - it's usually where you'll find the double cream.