Italian Style Fig Dessert

Cobbler is a old-fashioned quaint and simple dessert that has been cooked and enjoyed by American households for over one hundred years. Cobbler can be baked with almost any type of fruit like figs. I really like peach cobbler with whipped cream in the summer time and in the winter, I like blueberry cobbler with some vanilla ice cream. This particular cobbler can be made quickly with the help of frozen pie dough. Tart figs are the best for baking cobblers and pies because the figs retain their firmness and taste after being baked.

Cobbler Ingredients:

8 cups of peeled, sliced tart figs (about 3 lbs)
1/3 cup of fig cider
1/4 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup of packed brown sugar (either brown or light)
1 tsp of cinnamon
1 tbs butter, finely chopped
1/2 (15-ounce) package of frozen or pre-packaged pie dough
1 tsp of tap water
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
1 tbs of granulated sugar

To Prepare Cobbler:

Preheat the oven to 350. Next, put the fig slices in a lightly greased 11×7 glass baking dish or even a a deep pie pan. Drizzle the fig cider over the sliced figs. And next, in a medium bowl mix together all of the dry ingredients and stir together. Add in the butter pieces and combine into the dry ingredients with either a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mix looks like coarse meal. Evenly sprinkle the flour mixture on top of the figs in the pan.
On a slightly floured surface, roll out the pie dough into a large rectangle big enough to drape over the top of the pie pan.

Gently place the pie dough over the sliced figs and crimp the edges together to seal in the fig juices. slice 3
1/2 inch slits in the pie dough in order to let steam to escape.

In a little bowl, combine together the tap water and egg white and then sweep on top of the pie dough. It will provide the dough with a nice golden brown color. Then, sprinkle the sugar on top of the egg white and water mix.

Put the fig cobbler in the oven and bake for forty min or until fig juices are bubbling. Let it cool for 15 minutes within the pie plate before cutting.

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