Waste Not Want Not Peach- Nectarine Cobbler
This dessert brought to you by the Presidents of the United States Peaches. Does anyone else think this song is oddly erotic, aside from being incredibly fun to sing?
This time of year I always buy way too much fruit, and then I can't eat it all and it starts to go a little south. If there's one thing I seriously hate, it's wasting food- not only is it ethically unsettling, it's financially irresponsible. So I was cleaning the fridge out and found I had some peaches and nectarines that were quite past their prime... nothing wrong with them really, just a little over ripe. So I decided to adapt them into a cobbler with messy (but delicious) results.
Serves 6. Keeps well in fridge.
Ingredients:
Filling:
- 2 large peaches
- 4 medium nectarines
- 2 cups frozen blue berries
- 1 TBSP butter
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 TBSP corn starch
- Wash, peel and cut fruit. They're juicy and it's messy! You should get about two cups.
- Place in bowl with butter and blue berries. Sprinkle with white sugar, ginger and corn starch. Microwave for 5-8 minutes, until fruit is cooked and starts to thicken. I have the world's weakest microwave so use your discretion.
- While fruit it cooking, it's time to make the TOPPING:
- 2/3 cup brown flour
- 2 cups whole oats
- 2/3 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Mix dry ingredients.
- Pour wet over dry and mix with spoon, or hands, as you prefer (I prefer hands!) It should have a crumbly consistency and be a little dry, NOT wet like oatmeal cookies. Don't worry, it will absorb juice from the fruit.
- When fruit and topping are ready, pat the topping onto the fruit base and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes, until the topping is golden brown and the fruit it bubbling.
- EAAAAAAAT it. Ugly but goooood.
Oh... crushed a rotten peach in my fist and dream about you womaaaaaann......
(As an aside, a large dish would probably prevent spill over of juices if you're fancy on looks.)
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