Pear and blackberry cobbler is an American-style dessert, halfway between a crumble and a pie.
Ingredients
- 500g pears, peeled, cored and cut into wedges
- 400g blackberries
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 175g self-raising flour
- 75g chilled unsalted butter, cubed
- 125ml buttermilk or wholemilk natural yogurt
Method
- 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Pile the pears and blackberries into an ovenproof dish about 26cm x 18cm. Sprinkle over 50g sugar, the cinnamon and the cornflour. Gently stir together to mix.
- 2. Put the flour in a food processor, add the butter and 100g sugar, and whizz for a few seconds until crumbs form. Add the buttermilk and whizz briefly until a squidgy dough forms.
- 3. Scatter clumps of the dough over the fruit – don’t cover completely. Sprinkle the rest of the sugar over and bake for 40 minutes, or until the fruit is tender and the topping pale-golden.
Nutritional info
Per serving: 387kcals, 11g fat (6.6g saturated), 4.3g protein, 72.2g carbs, 48.2g sugar, 0.5g salt
Chef's tip
Particularly gorgeous hot and served with cream.