Summer Blackberry Cobbler with Coconut-Pecan Topping

• Toss Together:
• 8 cups blackberries, fresh or frozen (thawed slightly if frozen)
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup instant tapioca
• juice of ½ a lime
• pinch of salt
• Combine; knead in:
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon table salt
• ½ cup cold, unsalted butter, cubed (1 stick)
• Blend in:
• 1 egg
• VANILLA-RUM CREME ANGLAISE
• Warm:
• 2 cups half and half
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped; pod chopped into 1" pieces
• Whisk together;temper milk into and cook:
• 5 egg yolks
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• 2 Tablespoons light or dark rum
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• Blend and strain;add:
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Preheat oven to 400°
• Toss berries with sugar, tapioca, lime juice, and salt in a bowl. Spoon into a 2 quart baking dish.
• Combine flour, coconut, sugar, pecans, baking powder, and salt in a second bowl. Using your fingertips pinch the butter and mix with the dry ingredients. Don’t over blend so the butter turns greasy. Mixture should look like course sand when you’re done.
• Mix in the egg with your fingers; topping will be sticky. 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. Juice will thicken as it cools.
• Vanilla-Rum Crème Anglaise
• Warm half and half, 2 Tablespoons sugar, and vanilla bean seeds and pod in a saucepan over medium heat until steaming, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk yolks, 2 Tablespoons sugar, rum, and salt together in a bowl. When milk mixture is steaming, temper it into the eggs, whisking constantly. Pour the custard back into the pan and return to the burner. Cook over medium-low heat. stirring constantly, until custard coats the back of a spoon, 5-8 minutes.
• Blend custard and vanilla bean pod in a blender for 1 minutes. Strain into a bowl, add the extract, cover, and chill.
• You can serve with ice cream or whipping cream and it's just as good.