Peach and berry cobbler

About a week ago, my brother gave me a bag full of white-skinned peaches from his tree. Nature's bounty is a wonderful thing, even though sometimes it's left you scratching your head thinking about what to do with a bag full of produce. You can make chutneys and jams for Africa but sometimes it's nice to make a quick dessert from the glut of summer fruit.

I sometimes cook fruit when it's cheap or given to me and pop it into the freezer. It's perfect to add to desserts like this one, for a taste of summer in the middle of winter.

With this bag of peaches, I decided to make one of my favourite, quick desserts: a summer cobbler. I like to make a cobbler with all sorts of different fruit and what I like about it, is that it has so much fruit in it, it doesn't feel too decadent! 'Cobbler' is an American term for a fruity pudding and I like to call my recipe a cobbler because I think that it sounds so much more exciting than 'pudding'!

This recipe for peach and berry cobbler was devised a while ago and everyone seems to like it - it's fluffy, slightly eggy with a nice firm crust.

Peach and berry cobbler

Ingredients

6 peaches
1/2 cups berries, roughly chopped if necessary
100g butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp sugar

Directions

Blanch the peaches

1. Wash the peaches to remove the excess fluff
2. Put lots of ice in a large bowl and fill with water
3. In a large pot, boil a pot of water. Put the whole peaches in the boiling water for 1 minute
4. Take the peaches out and plunge them into the iced water. This will stop them from cooking further
5. With a small knife, peel the peaches and roughly chop the peaches into chunks
6. Put the peaches and the berries into a baking dish (approx 20 x 30 cm)

1. Heat an oven to 180ºC
2. In a mixing bowl cream the butter and first measure of sugar together until light and fluffy
3. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition
4. Sift the flour and baking powder into the mixture and stir well to combine
5. Sprinkle the berries (I used strawberries) over the peaches
6. Spoon the cobbler mixture over the fruit and mix roughly to combine. I like to do this very roughly so that there are pockets of fruit
7. Sprinkle the top with the second measure of sugar
8. Bake for 50 mins or until cooked and golden brown in the middle.

Serve immediately with lots of ice cream.

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