Winter heartwarmers
QUINCE & RHUBARB COBBLER
PREP + COOK TIME 4 HOURS SERVES 8
4 medium quinces (1.4kg)
2 cups (440g) caster sugar
3 cups (750ml) water
1 long strip lemon rind
6 trimmed stems rhubarb (375g), cut into 5cm lengths
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons sliced natural almonds
1 tablespoon icing sugar
TOPPING
1½ cups (225g) self–raising flour
⅓ cup (75g) caster sugar
150g butter, chopped
¼ cup (60ml) buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Peel and core quinces; cut each into 6 or 8 wedges.
2 Stir sugar, the water and rind in a large saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves; bring to the boil. Add quince. Reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, for 1 hour. Uncover; simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1½ hours or until quince is tender and syrup is rosy pink.
3 Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan. Grease a 2-litre (8-cup) ovenproof dish.
Using a slotted spoon, remove quince from syrup; place in dish with rhubarb. Add
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