Ingredients

  • Filling
  • 8 cups fresh blackberries or 8 cups frozen blackberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup dry tapioca
  • 1/2 lime, juice of
  • 1 pinch salt
  • Topping
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1 egg

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 375.
  • Toss berries with sugar, tapioca, lime juice, and salt in a bowl. Spoon into a 2-qt. baking dish.
  • Combine flour, coconut, sugar, pecans, baking powder, and salt in a second bowl. Using your fingertips, knead in the butter until incorporated. Mixture should look like coarse sand.
  • Blend in the egg, then arrange topping over the berries in clumps, covering them evenly.
  • Bake the cobbler for 45-50 minutes, or until topping is golden and crisp, and filling is thick and bubbly.
  • Cool on a rack for at least 1 hour before serving.
  • Serve with creme anglaise. Recipe #53511.