STRAWBERRY & ELDERFLOWER COBBLER

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Celebrate British summertime with the flavours of elderflower and strawberries in this cobbler with a fluffy, dumpling-like scone topping

Provided by Esther Clark

Categories     Dessert

Time 55m

Yield Serves 6-8

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 kg strawberries, large ones halved
1 vanilla pod, split open
1 lemon, zested and juiced
40g light brown soft sugar
80ml elderflower cordial
1½ tbsp cornflour
clotted cream or vanilla ice cream, to serve
150g self-raising flour
50g golden caster sugar
100g unsalted cold butter, cut into cubes
80-100ml buttermilk
30g demerara sugar

Steps:

  • Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Toss the strawberries in an oval, roughly 25cm, ovenproof dish with the vanilla, lemon, sugar and cordial. Roast in the oven for 10 mins, or until the strawberries are jammy but holding their shape. Remove the vanilla pod and discard. Mix a little of the strawberry juices into the cornflour, then add the cornflour mixture to the strawberries, combining well.
  • For the cobbler topping, toss the flour with the sugar and a pinch of salt. Rub the butter into the flour mixture using your fingertips, then swiftly stir in 80ml buttermilk. If it looks dry, stir in the remaining 20ml. Spoon the cobbler mix over the strawberry base (about eight large spoonfuls), sprinkle over the demerara sugar and bake for 25-30 mins, or until the topping is lightly golden brown. Leave to rest for 10 mins, then serve with clotted cream or ice cream.Twist itSummer berries: Use a mixture of summer berries and up the sugar to 60g. Frozen summer berries work well - just leave out the cooking time for the fruit in step 1, toss the berries with the vanilla, lemon, sugar and cordial, then follow the method from step 2.Peach melba: Slice 3 ripe peaches and toss them with 400g raspberries in step 1 for a peach melba twist. Remove the elderflower cordial if doing this twist, and top the cobbler with flaked almonds before baking.Gooseberries: Simply use the same quantity of gooseberries and cordial, but increase the amount of sugar to 80g.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 290 calories, Fat 11 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 41 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 25 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, Sodium 0.2 milligram of sodium

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