I think my favorite cobbler was a recipe I developed with Chef Joshua Mackintosh for an ACF student chef competition. We used raspberries, blueberries, strawberries & dark chocolate chips for the filling. It was delicious. Josh came in second place... hmmm \I'm not sure I agreed with that evaluation! hahaha
Cobblers & Crisps
I'm a big fan of warm fruit cobbler with vanilla ice cream on top! While teaching healhty cooking at St Andrew's Cafe, it was common to have a seasonal, fruit crisp on the menu with a reduced fat ice cream or yogurt on top. The crisp generally had less butter and additional, toasted walnuts and seeds. We would also serve a smaller size to reduce calories.
I think apple crisp was the most popular, the apples were sautéed in a very small amount of butter and sugar, then flavored with cinnamon and vanilla.
I like to grow blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries, currants, rhubarb etc.. in my yard. The birds usually let us harvest a little and I enjoy baking with the ripe fruit.
When I use cook with rhubarb, I try to pick younger, thinner stalks so I don't need to peel them. If I wait and pick the fat, juicy stalks, I carefully peel the outer layer, slice thinly and always add something sweet-rhubarb is quite sour.
Prep Time: 30 min
Cooking Time: 25 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients
Topping
4 Tbsp. Butter
2 Tbsp Sugar
4 Tbsp AP Flour, sifted
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 Cup Granola
3 Tbsp. Almonds, sliced
Filling
1 Cup Rhubarb, rinsed, sliced thin
1 Cup Blueberries, rinsed & no stems
4 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp. AP Flour
1/2 tsp. Orange zest
1 tsp Vanilla
How to Prepare the Crisp
Step 1
Rinse and then slice the rhubarb thinly.
Place the rhubarb, blueberries, sugar, flour, orange zest and vanilla into a bowl, whisk together.
You can also add a tsp of Grande Marnier if you like as well.
Step 2
Grate the cold butter into a mixing bowl, add the sugar, flour and cinnamon and blend together with a fork.
Add the granola and toasted almonds, blend evenly.
Step 3
Place the fruit filling into a ceramic dish, you can butter the dish but I don't find that it's necessary.
Top with the granola crips and place into a 350F oven.
Bake for 20 minutes until nicely browned on top.
You can enjoy warm with ice cream, yogurt, whipped cream-but I love having this crisp for breakfast.
