Dessert
Peach Twilight Cobbler
J. Rickards Winery
24505 Chianti Road
Cloverdale, CA 95425
jrwinery.com
- RECIPE YEAR: 2013
- RECIPE BY: Dan Lucia, DL Catering; Recipe Eliza Rickards
- YIELD: Serves 8
- PAIRS WELL WITH: J. Rickards Twilight Late-Harvest White Wine
We patiently wait for peach season so that we can enjoy this cobbler as often as possible, with perfectly ripe fruit. This recipe was developed by Eliza Rickards, and Dan Lucia of DL Catering prepared it for “A Wine & Food Affair.” We enjoy our Twilight late-harvest white dessert wine with this cobbler, and we’ve also been known to pour it over vanilla ice cream when peaches are out of season.
Ingredients:
- 4 pounds peaches, peeled, pitted and cut into large chunks
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 cup J. Richards Twilight wine, plus 1 tablespoon
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- Vanilla ice cream for serving
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a large casserole dish or a 9-by-13-inch baking pan, or spray with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine the peaches, 3/4 cup of the sugar, the cornstarch and the 1/2 cup Twilight wine and gently toss with a wooden spoon. Transfer the peach mixture to the prepared dish. Bake until the juices are bubbling, about 25 minutes. Meanwhile, rinse and dry the bowl. Combine the flour, baking powder, the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the salt in the bowl and stir well with the spoon. Add the yogurt and stir until the flour is absorbed. Stir the 1 tablespoon Twilight wine into the melted butter, then pour the butter mixture into the flour mixture. Stir until combined but do not overmix; otherwise, the dough will be sticky. Remove the peaches from the oven. Place large spoonfuls of the dough over the hot peaches. They should look like drop biscuits and have gaps where the fruit shows through, allowing the dough to rise. Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Serve the cobbler warm, topped with vanilla ice cream – and with a glass of Twilight, of course!
