rhubarb cobbler
I am ashamed to admit that I have been quietly bigoted against cobblers for as long as I can remember, the dessert that is, not those dudes that save my shoes from NYC sidewalks. And like so many other baseless biases, my issues were not hinged on actually trying one, but an assumption that there could be nothing good about them. I mean, biscuits and fruit? Why on earth would anyone want to bake a fruit dessert with biscuits on top when they could have , and don’t even get me started on buckles, clafoutis, grunts, slumps, pandowdys and brown bettys, drool. Biscuits are for salty butter and barbecue and fried chicken, .
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 7 of 9 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Rhubarb | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 hard-boiled egg yolks
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 2 pounds rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 6 cups)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1-inch piece of vanilla bean, split lengthwise, pulp scraped
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar