Apple and Blackberry Cobbler
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Englsih
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 4 Dessert Apples, peeled, cored and thickly sliced
  • 450g Blackberries (or defrosted frozen berries)
  • 1 Orange, zest and juice
  • 40g Light Soft Brown Sugar
  • 1tbsp Brandy
  • 1 Star Anise
  • 1 Vanilla Pod
  • 100g Self-Raising Flour
  • 50g Caster Sugar
  • 100g Unsalted Butter, chilled and cut into small cubes
  • Pinch of Salt
  • 40g Pecans, roughly chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 190C. Put fruit, brown sugar, brandy, star anise and vanilla pod in a pan. Cook gently for 5mins, discard anise and vanilla and tip into 1.8l ovenproof dish.
  2. For topping, put flour, caster sugar, butter and pinch of salt in bowl and rub together with fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in pecans
  3. Add 2tbsp cold water and gently knead to form soft dough. Roll into about 8 balls and place on fruit. Bake for 20-25mins until pastry is golden. Serve with custard.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 365 Fat: 19g Saturated fat: 9.4g Carbohydrates: 43.7g Sugar: 32.8g Salt: 0.17g Fibre: 6.2g Protein: 3.3g
Recipe by tasty at http://tasty.haribotech.co.uk/?p=72