Plum Cobbler

Since my mum reads my blog every day and knows how much I love cookbooks and trying new recipes, she gave me a new addition to my collection when she visited.

Growers Market: Cooking with Seasonal Produce is a fabulous guide to cooking with all of those goodies you see at the farmer's market each week. Don't know what to do with that strange looking vegetable you've never tried before? Author Leanne Kitchen will provide plenty of suggestions.

We started out by making the most of the plums that were on sale in the local grocery. This delicious plum cobbler was easy to make and gorgeous with a drizzle of fresh cream. The recipe below gives the amount of plums specified in the book, but you could easily double this.



Plum Cobbler

About 10 plums (or more)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup self-raising flour
1/2 cup plain flour
4 1/2 oz butter
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

Preheat the oven to 350F or Gas 4. Lightly grease a 2 litre baking dish.

Cut the plums into quarters and discard the stones. Put the fruit in a saucepan with 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tbs water. Stir over a low heat for 5 - 10 minutes until the sugar dissolves and the fruit softens. Pour the fruit into the baking dish.

Sift the flours together with the remaining sugar and rub in the butter until the mix is crumbly.

In a spearate bowl, mix the egg and milk. Stir into the flour mix and make a dough.

Drop spoonfulls of the dough on top of the plums. Bake for about 40 minutes.