Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Pear Report & Basic Cobbler Topping

Remember the pears I cooked and froze? Today I made a cobbler with a carton of the ginger pears. Oh yum. Oh wow. I am so pleased by how they finish in the oven. They are perfectly tender but still hold their shape. Also, surprise: the filling does not slop all over the pie plate when served hot. (We waited until it stopped boiling, then dug in.) It sets pretty fast. And that's just pears and sugar, really; I didn't put any cornstarch or other thickener into this. I just thawed the filling, dumped it in the pie plate, and spooned the topping on.

Basic Cobbler Topping


Ingredients:
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon spice (cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice, or whatever you like)
1/3 cup butter
Optional: up to 1/4 cup of nuts, chips, or other tasty chunks of something

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350º.

Combine 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup rolled oats, and 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar. Add any spices or other extras. Slice the butter into squares and add to the dry ingredients. Use a butter cutter to mix the contents until loose and crumbly.

Spread the filling in the bottom of a glass or ceramic pie plate. Then sprinkle the crumble topping evenly over the filling. Bake at 350º for 20-30 minutes, until topping is golden-crisp and filling is bubbly.


This cobbler recipe is great because you can buy ingredients once -- they're not very expensive -- and make several cobblers before running out. Plus most of them are common kitchen/pantry ingredients anyhow. You can vary the flavor and texture somewhat by changing the spices and additives. I used ground ginger and crystallized ginger chips with the ginger pears tonight. Also, homemade vanilla ice cream over pear-ginger cobbler? Wow-squared.) It works as a topping for either storebought or homemade fillings. With homemade filling you're probably getting dessert for $1-2.
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  • 4 comments
whuffle

whuffle

October 17 2008, 13:09:00 UTC 12 years ago

If you have more pears to use up, try this recipe for Brown Butter Pears & Marscapone Tart:
http://www.calpear.com/cns/recipe/images/recipe/rec_ds_mascarpone.jpg

I've made this recipe as written and have also made a variation where I put the pears and cream layered with cake in a trifle dish.

Phenomenally yummy!
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

October 17 2008, 18:13:30 UTC 12 years ago

That particular recipe sounded tasty, but not for freezing. (I could probably thaw some of my frozen pears and add butter and brown sugar, though.) I found a couple others on the main site that were very promising:
http://www.calpear.com/cns_rec.cfm#