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STUNNING STONEFRUIT RECIPES

 

PEACH BUTTER

Ingredients

1/2 cup           Peaches, cut up
1 TBS            Orange juice
1 TBS            Sugar
1/2 pound      Salted butter

Instructions

  • In a small saucepan, bring the peaches, orange juice and sugar to a boil. Turn down the heat and continue cooking until the peaches are tender and cooked down to a jam-like consistency. Let cool.
  • In a bowl, using a wooden spoon, blend the butter with the peaches, making a “compound” butter.
  • Chill in a ceramic pot till ready to use and soften slightly when serving.
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FAMOUS PEACH COBBLER

Ingredients

3 cups             Sliced peaches
6 TBS             Butter
1 ea                 Lemon
½ cup            Flour
1 cup               Brown sugar
1 TBS             Cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In bowl combine peaches and juice of lemon. Toss to coat.
  • With zester or fine grater, grate lemon rind to yield 1 teaspoon of zest and add to peaches. Sprinkle 1/2 cup brown sugar over peaches.
  • Pour into buttered deep dish pie plate.
  • In separate bowl combine with a fork butter, flour, remaining brown sugar and cinnamon. Blend with fork into course pieces. Sprinkle over fruit.
  • Bake for 30 minutes. Serve warm.  Get out the Vanilla Ice Cream!

FAMOUS PEACH SMOOTHIE

Ingredients

1 cup            Low-fat peach yogurt
½  cup        Low-fat evaporated milk
1 cup            Frozen fresh peaches (chopped)
½ cup         Peach sorbet
¼ tsp          Ground cinnamon
Pinch           Ground allspice

Instructions

  • Combine yogurt and evaporated milk in a blender. Add remaining ingredients. Blend until smooth.

CHUNKY PEACH/NECTARINE SPREAD

Ingredients

3 cup     Fresh Peaches and/or Nectarines (peeled and diced)
½ tsp    Nutmeg
1/3 cup   Apple Juice
2 TBS     Honey
1 TBS     Lemon Juice

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a 9-inch microwave-safe dish.
  • Microwave uncovered on HIGH for 16 minutes, stirring every 4 minutes.
  • Refrigerate to store.
  • Spread over waffles, pancakes, muffins or toast.

SUMMER PEACHES & ICE CREAM

Ingredients:

3 slices            Banana nut bread
1 ea                 Peach (thinly sliced)
2 TBS             Apple juice
2 TBS             Apricot brandy
2 tsp                Pumpkin pie spice
2 scoops          Ice cream (your favorite)

Instructions:

  • Toast banana nut bread and place on plate.
  • Put peaches, apple juice, apricot brandy, and pie spice into sauté pan over medium-high heat.
  • Stir until peaches are soft.  Add ice cream over bread and pour peaches over top.

HILL COUNTRY PEACH COBBLER

Ingredients

¾ cup        Flour
1/8 tsp         Salt
2 tsp            Baking Powder
1 ¾ cup     Sugar
¾ cup        Milk
½ cup        Butter
3 cup          Fresh Ripe Peaches (sliced)

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Sift Flour, salt and Baking Powder together.  Mix with 1 ½ cup Sugar.  Slowly stir in Milk.
  • Melt butter in 8x8x2” pan (a larger pan makes a thinner crust)
  • Pour batter over the butter; do not stir.  Lay Peach slices on the batter. Sprinkle with ¼ cup Sugar.
  • Bake for about 1 hour.

NOTE:  This is as simple as Southern cooking can get, but has that Southern hospitality appeal.  Serve with some whipped cream on top, or a scoop of plain vanilla ice cream.

PEACHY FRANGIPANE


Filling Ingredients

1                     (7-oz.) tube almond paste
3                     large eggs
1/4 tsp.           vanilla
3/4 cup           butter, softened
1/2 cup           granulated sugar
3/4 cup           cake flour (Softas Silk)

Crust Ingredients

3/4 cup           powdered sugar
1 cup              butter, at room temperature
3 cups            all-purpose flour
1                    egg

Topping Ingredients
4              large peaches or 8 large plums, pitted, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup    apricot jelly
1/2 cup    warm water


Instructions
FILLING

  • In a medium mixing bowl, beat almond paste with a beater attachment.
  • Combine eggs with vanilla. Add the egg mixture in stages to the almond paste: about 1/3 of the egg mixture followed by 1/2 of the butter, then 1/3 of the egg mixture, followed by all the sugar and the flour, and then the final 1/3 of the egg mixture.
  • Continue to mix until smooth.

CRUST

  • in a food processor, cream sugar and butter together until light and fluffy
  • Add egg and vanilla Mix well.
  • Add flour and mix until dough just comes together. Remove from bowl.
  • Wrap with plastic and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

ASSEMBLY

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.  Remove dough from refrigerator and roll out into an 11-inch circle.
  • Line a 10-inch tart pan with dough and pinch off any excess.
  • Spread 1/4 inch or so of the frangipane mix into the bottom of the lined tart pan.
  • Fan fruit slices on top of the frangipane.
  • Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes.
  • Dilute apricot jelly with warm water. Glaze tart with jelly mixture.
  • Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 2 to 3 hours.  Get out the Vanilla Ice Cream!
 

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