Make this fruit cobbler using store cupboard staple ingredients
Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/GM 4.
Grease an ovenproof baking dish with a little butter
Chop the drained pears and peaches into smaller uniform pieces (e.g a slice into 2 pieces, pear quarters into 4)
Spread the fruit into the dish and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the sugar and the ground ginger
In a separate bowl, put the flour, rest of the sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon and the salt, and mix.
Grate in the butter and mix in with your fingers until it’s like breadcrumbs.
Add the egg and beat it until it comes together to make a thick dough. (You can beat using a hand mixer, I just prefer doing it by hand).
Spoon dollops of the dough on top of the fruit, but leave a few gaps. The dough will spread as it cooks
Sprinkle over some extra caster sugar and bake for 40 minutes until it’s golden on top.
Best served warm with ice cream, cream, or custard according to taste
You could use a food processor to make the cobbler topping. Just mix the dry ingredients. Then add the butter (cubed rather than needing to soften it first), pulse intil it looks like breadcrumbs. Add the egg and keep mixing until it makes the dough.