Eat Colorado - Palisade Peach Cobbler with Peach Street Bourbon/Vanilla Sauce

Palisade Peach Cobbler, credit Bin 707 Food Bar

Bin 707 Foodbar in Grand Junction is a great spot for lunch or dinner in the northwest of Colorado, which focuses on seasonal Colorado cuisine. The region – as well as being home to the jaw-dropping vistas of Colorado National Monument – is known for the juicy peaches that are grown in Palisade and sold by the roadside, with this fruit forming the base of many regional recipes (and peach wines!). 

Bin 707's Josh Niernberg and Ryan Sylvester have provided us with a peachy recipe to tickle our tastebuds now:

• For the Batter
• 150g Plain Flour
• 150g Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• Pinch Salt
• 265ml Milk
• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• Add milk and mix with wooden spoon until just combined.
• Keep batter cold until ready to use.

For the Peach Cobbler Filling

• 1.3kg Peaches
• 270g Sugar
• 355ml Bourbon
• 1 pod (scraped) Vanilla
• 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
• Juice and zest of ½ lemon

Halve Peaches, remove pit, then cook Peaches, sugar, bourbon (holding back 1 tablespoon) and vanilla over direct heat in large saucepan until tender but not falling apart and alcohol has evaporated.
Mix cornstarch with remaining tablespoon of Bourbon and then stir into mix.
Cook for another two minutes to allow mixture to thicken.
Remove and cool.

Peach / Bourbon Syrup
As peach filling cools, strain through a chinois to collect excess juice from filling, 

reduce to the consistency of syrup, let cool and reserve for plating

For Assembly:

• heat oven to 180C / 350F
• put a small pad of butter in the bottom of the cobbler dish (cast iron pot, stoneware bowl, cereal bowl, etc.)
• heat dish in oven until butter is melted and dish is hot
• add 1 cup of peach filling, strain off any excess juices and reserve for the syrup
• add a 1/2 cup of batter on top of peaches
• cook cobblers for approx 20 minutes, they should be golden to dark amber in colour and peaches beginning beginning to bubble through the batter. Remove let cool slightly, garnish with Peach Bourbon / syrup, serve immediately.

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