
Plum Cobbler

Ingredients
Vary your fruit depending on the season. Peaches, nectarines and berries in the summer or apples and pears to make a lovely winter warming cobbler. As a change, remove 50g of the flour and use 50g ground almonds and a tsp of almond essence
- 800g plums, stoned and quartered (alternative fruits can be used)
- 50g granulated sugar
- 200ml water
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- Cobbler topping:
- 225g self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 50g cold butter/ hard margarine, cut into small pieces
- 25g caster sugar
- 125ml Alpro Almond Unsweetened drink
Preparation

Step 1
Pre heat the oven to 190ºc fan, 200ºc conventional, gas 6

Step 2
Place the granulated sugar, water and cinnamon in a large saucepan and place on a low heat until the sugar dissolves, approximately 2 minutes. Increase the heat and bring to the boil, cooking for 1-2 minutes. Then add the plums, cover with a lid and cook gently for 5 minutes.

Step 3
Pour the cooked plums into a 25cm round ovenproof dish

Step 4
To make the cobbler topping; Pour the flour and baking powder into a medium bowl , add the cold butter/ margarine and carefully rub the fat into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.

Step 5
Stir in the sugar and Alpro Almond Unsweetened until you have soft pliable consistency. Bring the mixture together into a ball.

Step 6
Place the cobbler mixture onto a lightly floured board and flatten out with your hand or a rolling pin until it measures 4cms in depth

Step 7
Using a 6cm cutter, cut out 8 circles and place them on the top of the plums.

Step 8
Cook the dish in the oven for 15 minutes or until the cobbler is golden brown and well risen

Step 9
Delicious served with Alpro Vanilla alternative to yogurt