Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room ★ 4.7
Mrs. Wilkes has run from a Jones Street basement since 1943, $35 communal Southern home cooking at ten-person tables. Sweet potato souffle, cash or check.
Try: Communal-table Southern lunch
History
Cobblers came to the South from English fruit puddings, but Georgia peaches (the state fruit, with major production around Macon and Fort Valley) made peach cobbler a regional signature. Local peach season runs late May through August; every Lowcountry kitchen runs a peach cobbler on the dessert board through those months.
Common allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Eggs
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg ripe Georgia peaches, peeled and sliced (about 8 medium)
- 150g granulated sugar (for filling)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 200g plain flour
- 150g granulated sugar (for topping)
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 180ml whole milk
- 115g unsalted butter, melted
Method
- Heat oven to 190C (375F). Butter a 23x33cm baking dish.
- Toss peaches with the first sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spread evenly in the dish.
- Whisk flour, second sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in milk and melted butter until just combined.
- Spoon the batter over the peaches in dollops; do not spread.
- Bake 45 to 50 minutes until the top is deeply golden and the fruit bubbles around the edges.
- Cool 15 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Tip from the editors. Don't overmix the topping. Lumpy batter bakes into a tender cobbler crust.
This is the TableJourney editorial recipe, modelled on the canonical bistro / counter version. The first place to try the dish in its city of origin is below.
Where to eat georgia peach cobbler
Georgia peach cobbler in Savannah
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Tip: Lunch only; arrive by 12:30 to beat the office crowd. Oxtails go fast on Fridays.
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Vic's on the River ★ 4.3
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Signature: Shrimp and grits, She-crab soup
Order: Shrimp and grits with the Carolina shrimp sauce, plus a she-crab soup to share.
Tip: Ask for an upstairs window seat at reservation time for the Savannah River view.
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