Peach and Blueberry Cobbler

Another lovely summer dessert.  I used fresh peaches and a few blueberries for added colour, but you can use most any fruits eg plums, pears, apples. This dessert is so easy to make too. You will need a fairly deepish dish, mine was 2 x 7 x 9 inches. Butter the dish well.

Pre heat your fan oven to 170C

Fruit:

5 cupfuls of fruit - no need to be exact, a little more or less, whatever

2 oz sugar - I used soft light brown

spices of your choice. I used ½ tsp cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon cornflour [this thickens the juices]

Prep your fruit. Peel the peaches into pasty shape slices and toss them in the lemon juice. In a medium bowl, mix together the sugar, spices and cornflour then add the lemon juice and fruit. Set aside for a mo.

1 large egg

5 oz caster sugar

3 oz melted butter

5 fl oz whole milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

10 oz SR flour

In a medium bowl, whisk the egg and sugar together until pale and thick, then whisk in the liquid ingredients. Finally add the flour and mix until well combined. The mixture is quite stiff.

Tip the cake [scone like] mixture into your tin, spread out as evenly as you can then sit the fruit on the top, including all the lovely juices. No need to be too exact, it will sort of half sink to the bottom, making a fruity scrummy mix.

Bake in your pre heated oven for about 45 mins.

Enjoy. Just delicious.  Serve warm with clotted cream.