“Summer Riches”

Cherry and Nectarine Cobbler with Rich Pastry Dough

Preparation info
  • Serves about

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

  • About

Capture the momentary height of summer in this deep ruby-colored dessert, bursting with cherries and nectarines. This is basically a cobbler, but topped with a lid of pastry dough instead of biscuits, and baked in a deep casserole instead of a shallow dish.

You can use either sweet cherries or sour ones here. The deep red cherries you find in the supermarket are sweet cherries, usually Bing cherries. Other sweet varieties, not as commonly grown, are Rainiers (golden with a pink blus