Plum & apple cobbler

By Lori

4 Person

55 Minutes

0 Calories

A plum-filled pudding with a light, fluffy scone-like topping - perfect for after the Sunday roast

Ingredients

For the cobbler

50 g walnut pieces
4 tbsp. milk
1 egg,beaten
50 g golden caster sugar
50 g butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
100 g self-raising flour

100 g golden caster sugar
juice of 1 lemon
350 g ripe plums
750 g cooking apples (Bramley's are best)

Method

01

Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional180C/gas 4. Butter a 1.5 litre ovenproof pie dish.
02

Peel, core and slice the apples. Halve, stone and quarter the plums. Put the apples in a pan with the lemon juice, sugar and 1 tbsp water. Bring to the boil, then cover and cook gently for 5 minutes. Add the plums and cook for a further 5 minutes.
03

Turn the fruit into the prepared dish. Tip the flour and cinnamon into a bowl, add the butter, cut into small pieces and rub in with your fingertips. Stir in the sugar, then add the egg and milk and mix lightly to a soft batter (this can be done in the food processor).
04

Drop tablespoonsful of the batter over the fruit, leaving gaps where the fruit peers through, then scatter over the nuts. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the topping has a crisp brown crust.

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Plum & apple cobbler

4.0

( By Lori )

A plum-filled pudding with a light, fluffy scone-like topping - perfect for after the Sunday roast

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 4 servings
Prep Time 30 Mins
Cook Time 25 Mins
Total Time 55 Mins

02 Ingredients

For the cobbler

50 g walnut pieces

4 tbsp. milk

1 egg,beaten

50 g golden caster sugar

50 g butter

1 tsp. cinnamon

100 g self-raising flour

100 g golden caster sugar

juice of 1 lemon

350 g ripe plums

750 g cooking apples (Bramley's are best)

03 Method

Step 1

Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional180C/gas 4. Butter a 1.5 litre ovenproof pie dish.

Step 2

Peel, core and slice the apples. Halve, stone and quarter the plums. Put the apples in a pan with the lemon juice, sugar and 1 tbsp water. Bring to the boil, then cover and cook gently for 5 minutes. Add the plums and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Step 3

Turn the fruit into the prepared dish. Tip the flour and cinnamon into a bowl, add the butter, cut into small pieces and rub in with your fingertips. Stir in the sugar, then add the egg and milk and mix lightly to a soft batter (this can be done in the food processor).

Step 4

Drop tablespoonsful of the batter over the fruit, leaving gaps where the fruit peers through, then scatter over the nuts. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the topping has a crisp brown crust.

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