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Pear and Brandied Apricot Cobbler




Source of Recipe


made it up






Recipe Introduction


It was going to be a crumble, but I had a banana that needed mashing and cooking so...
Serves 6 normal people or 3-4 greedy bastards. Even better with coconut cream or soy icecream. Ok as leftovers the next day but best the same day.





List of Ingredients



• 1/2 cup dried apricots
  
• 1 shot brandy
  
• generous amount cinnamon
  
• 5 pears, peeled and chopped
  
• 1/2 cup water
  
• 2 tbs (more if you are a sweet tooth, less if you are a health freak)
  
• 1/3-1/2 cup hemp flour
  
• 1 cup gluten free flour
  
• 3 tbs coconut oil (or use nuttlex)- can use less if health obsessed
  
• 1/3- 1/2 cup flaked almonds (can used slivered, can use cracked hazelnuts)
  
• 6 tbs sugar (can use less)
  
• 1 very ripe banana mashed (can make it two if need to use up two)
  
• small amount of plant mylk (I used almond and coconut but soy would be really good too)
  
• 2 tbs ground flax seeds (optional but I like them)
  






Instructions



1. Soak apricots in the brandy. I did that first thing in the morning and put them in the microwave (which was off) so nothing would fall on them (a lid would have done the same work).
   
2. Peel and chop pears, Place in a saucepan with brandied apricots, cinnamon, water and 2 tbs sugar. Bring to the boil and simmer slowly until the whole how smells divine and the fruit is soft. Preheat oven.
   
3. Mix together all other ingredients, mashing the coconut oil and banana well into everything else. Add more cinnamon if you want to. Don't make it runny like cake-mix, just add enough milk so it clumps together.
   
4. Pour the pear and apricot mixture into the bottom of an oven tray (Like a lasagne tray or something)
   
5. Place spoonfulls of the cobbler mix over the fruit. It should make a thin layer over most or all of the fruit. Put tiny dabs of coconut oil or nutlex on top to help it brown (don't if fat freaks you out)
   
6. Place in the oven (about 200C), and leave in there for about 45 minutes or until it smells too good. If it's brownish and delicious looking it's done.
   
7. Who said vegans don't get dessert?
   






Final Comments


Instead of brandied apricots you could use rhubarb (I have done it). You could use apple and sultana or dried cranberry or frozen blackberries or tinned peaches or pretty much whatever fruit you like eating baked under a cake