Recipes from Laura Childs 'The English Breakfast Murder'

a.  Blackberry Cobbler

1 cup All Purpose Flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp plus 2 tsp vegetable oil
3 Tbsp cold watr
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup unsweetened orange juice, divided
8 cups fresh blackberries
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp ground cinnamo
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp groud cloves
Vegetable cooking spray

Combine flour and salt in a small bowl, and stir well.  Combine oil and water in a small bowl and stir well.  Pour oil mixture ito flour mixture and stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened.  Shape into a ball, cover, and chill.

Combine cornstarch with 1/4 cup orange juice.  Combine remaining 1/4 cup orange juice, blackberries, sugar, cinnamo, nutmeg, cloves in a heavy sauce pan.  Stir and bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 8 mins.  Stir in cornstarch and orange juice mixture.  Return to a boil, and cook 1 min, stirring constantly until thick and bubbly.  Remove and pour into 10x6x2 pan coated with cooking spray.

Roll dough to 1/8'' thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut into 1/2 inch strips and arrange over blackberry mixture in a lattice design.  Bake at 425 deg for 35 mins

8 servings

b.  Chilled Peach Soup

4 ripe peaches
1/2 cup dry white wine
1-1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk
1/4 cup orange juice
2 Tbsp. honey
Salt

Peel and pit the peaches, then cut into chunks, removing bits of red flesh. Combine peaches and wine in blender and puree until smooth.  Combine puree with buttermilk, orange juice, honey, and dash of salt. 

Cover andrefrigerate at leeast 4 hours.

6 servings

c.  Ginger-Pear Scones

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, cut into small chunks
3/4 cup pears, diced and dried
1/3 cup chopped candied ginger
2/3 cup buttermilk
1 beaten egg

In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, ground ginger, baking soda and salt.  Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.  Mix in the pears and candied ginger.  Mix in buttermilk to blend.  Gather mixture ito a ball and gently knead on lightly floured surface.

Pat or roll out 3/4 ich thick.  Cut out 12 circles with a 2-1/2'' or 3'' cutter, rerolling scraps asncessary. Place on baking sheet and brush tops with beaten egg, then sprinkle with sugar.  Bakt at 425 deg for 15 mins

d.  Minature Almond Cakes

1 cup blanced almonds
1-1/3 cups sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 egg whites

Pulse almonds in food processor until finely ground.  Add sugar and flour, process until blended.  Blend in the egg whites.  With floured hands, shape mixtur into 24 balls and place 2'' apart on greased cookie sheets.

Bake at 325 deg for 30 mins or until cakes are crisp outside and soft inside.  Cool

e.  Tea-Bone Sauce

3/4 cup boiling water
2 green tea bags
3 Tbsp minced green onions
2 Tbsp.  extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbsp. lemo juice
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 tsp honey
1 tsp minced fresh-peeled ginger
1/4 tsp minced and seeded chili pepper
1/8 tsp. salt
3 cloves garlic, minced

Combine boiling water and tea in bowl; cover and steep for 3 mins. Strain tea into another bowl or remove tea bags.  Add remaining ingredients, stir, then cover and chill for about 30 mins.

Good dip