Cherry Lattice Cobbler
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 177.44 ml sugar, plus
- 14.79 ml sugar
- 22.18 ml cornstarch
- 14.79 ml quick-cooking tapioca
- 680.38 g sour cherries, pitted
- 4.92 ml almond extract
-
Bisuit Dough
- 473.18 ml flour
- 14.79 ml baking powder
- 2.46 ml salt
- 113.39 g cold butter, cut into ½ inch dice
- 177.44 ml cold milk
- 14.79 ml butter, melted
directions
- First prepare the biscuit dough: Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt.
- Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal (with some lumps the size of peas).
- Drizzle the milk evenly over the dry ingredients and work in with fork just until incorporated and the dough forms small clumps.
- Turn out the dough onto a work surface and knead once or twice to gather it into a mass – DO NOT OVERWORK THE DOUGH – pat into a rectangle.
- The dough can be made up to 2 hour ahead; wrap tightly and refrigerate.
- Preheat the oven to 450F and line the oven floor with foil to catch any drips.
- In a large bowl, whisk ¾ cup of the sugar with the cornstarch and tapioca.
- Add the cherries and almond extract and fold gently with a rubber spatula to incorporate.
- Choose a 6-cup ovenproof glass or ceramic baking dish or a 10 inch glass pie plate.
- On a lightly-floured surface, roll out the Biscuit Dough 1/8 inch thick and atleast as large as the baking dish you are using.
- Lift the dough frequently as you roll and lightly reflour the surface to prevent the dough from sticking.
- Using a fluted pastry wheel, cut the dough into 1 ½ inch wide strips.
- Gently stir the cherries.
- Spoon them and their juice into the dish and spread the fruit evenly.
- Lay about half the strips of dough, spaced evenly apart, across the pie without stretching.
- Fold back every other strip to its midway point.
- Weave in the remaining strips.
- Starting at the fold, place a new strip at a 90 degree angle over the unfolded strips.
- Unfold the folded strips, crossing the new one.
- Now fold back the strips that alternate with the first ones you folded.
- Place another new strip parallel to and evenly spaced from the first.
- Continue in this manner until you reach the end of the pie, half of which is now latticed.
- Then repeat the process on the other half of the pie.
- Cut off any overhanging dough flush with a sharp knife in a quick downward motion.
- Brush the lattice top with the melted butter and sprinkle with the remaining 1 tblsp of sugar.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until the top is beginning to brown.
- Lower the oven temperature to 350F and bake for 30 minutes more.
- If the edge is browning too quickly, cover it with foil.
- Transfer the cobbler to a rack and cool for atleast 30 minutes.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.