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Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking
From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
Subject: Summer pandowdy
Message-ID: <199412091848.AA236548934@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 18:49:02 GMT
SUMMER PANDOWDY
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 55 minutes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Usually made with a rolled sweet crust baked on top of fruit, the crust is
"dowdied" by pushing the crust into the fruit to soften before serving or
by inverting the crust during serving to the bottom of the serving bowl.
Serve this warm from the oven or at room temperature, with or without ice
cream.
1 1/2 pound nectarines, pitted, cut into eighths
1 pint fresh blueberries
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Grated rind (colored part only) from 1/2 lemon
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon cold unsalted butter, cut into slivers
Crust:
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon whipping cream
1 teaspoon sugar
1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 425
degrees. Butter a deep-dish pie pan or an 8-inch-square baking dish; set
aside.
2. Gently stir together the fruit, brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon rind and
juice in a large bowl. Pour the fruit into the prepared pan. Scatter the 1
tablespoon butter slivers over the fruit.
3. For the crust, put flour, 3 tablespoons sugar and the baking powder in a
large mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. Work the bits of butter into the flour
mixture with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add
3/4 cup of the cream and stir with a fork. The mixture will be stringy.
Knead with your hand about 45 seconds and it will become smooth.
4. Roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Trim it to about 1/2 inch larger
than the baking dish. Cut a small circle out of the center of the crust to
serve as a steam vent, and carefully place the crust over the fruit. Do not
press the crust against the sides of the pan. Reroll the scraps and cut as
decorations if you desire. Brush the crust with the remaining 1 tablespoon
of cream and sprinkle with the teaspoon of sugar.
5. Place the pandowdy on a baking sheet with raised sides and bake 10
minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and loosely cover the
crust with a foil tent, shiny side out. Continue baking until the crust is
golden and the fruit bubbly, 35 to 45 minutes. Either "dowdy" the crust now
by pushing it under the surface of the fruit or serve crust side down in
bowls.