Pear and blackberry cobbler
(from Elyce123’s recipe box)
Source: delicious. October 2005
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Serves 6 people
Categories: October
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
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 200˚C/fan 180˚C/gas 6. Pile the pears and blackberries into an ovenproof dish about 26 × 18cm. Sprinkle over 50g sugar, the cinnamon and the cornflour. Gently stir together to mix.
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Put the flour into 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.
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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. Serve hot with cream.