Peach season in Texas is not to be missed. Roadside stands lining the back roads feature a ridiculous assortment of freshly-picked peaches as well as peach ice cream, peach pastries, peach pie, peach butter and peach preserves. We have been planning our annual pilgrimage to Hill Country to gorge on these delights, but work and family obligations keep delaying our trip. Luckily, this year the peaches came to us by way of our dear family friend Kenny.
Ingredients
Filling
6 cups peaches, sliced
3 Tbs unbleached A.P. flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
Topping
1 1/2 cup unbleached A.P. flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbs baking powder
2 Tbs sugar (plus more to sprinkle on top)
4 Tbs unsalted butter, cubed and kept cold
1 cup heavy cream
sugar for sprinkling
Procedure
Kenny gave us a big bag of peaches from Rhew Orchards in Floresville, a town southeast of San Antonio. By the time they got to us, the peaches were perfectly ripe and so juicy that the bottom of the bag was leaking. The fruit definitely had to be used right away, so we pulled out our favorite cobbler recipe. This recipe works with almost any fruit, and is perfect in a pinch because it comes together so quickly. We've used this recipe to make strawberry cobbler, blackberry cobbler, and rhubarb-strawberry cobbler. The buttery biscuit topping can't be beat. It complements the fresh peaches perfectly here, although frozen peaches would work well too if you aren't lucky enough to be in Texas during peach season.
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Texas Peach Cobbler
Ingredients
Filling
6 cups peaches, sliced
3 Tbs unbleached A.P. flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
Topping
1 1/2 cup unbleached A.P. flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbs baking powder
2 Tbs sugar (plus more to sprinkle on top)
4 Tbs unsalted butter, cubed and kept cold
1 cup heavy cream
sugar for sprinkling
Procedure
- Preheat oven to 350 for convection oven, or 375 for regular oven.
- Combine all the filling ingredients, mix well, and put into 8" pyrex baking dish. Or, use individual ramekins to make individual cobblers (these are perfect for dinner parties if you're so inclined).
- Make topping. First, combine all dry ingredients. Then cut in the butter to resemble coarse meal using your fingers or a fork.
- Add cream and mix until uniformly moist. Spoon out on top of filling. It should be plopped on in clumps. You don't want a perfectly smooth topping. Sprinkle the biscuit generously with granulated sugar.
- Bake in oven until top is golden brown, about 40 minutes. If you used a glass pyrex, you will also see the fruit bubbling.
- Serve warm topped with clotted cream, whipped cream or ice cream.
- Leftovers refrigerate and re-heat well.
