Showing posts with label Peaches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peaches. Show all posts

Monday, August 1, 2011

French Onion Soup & Peach Desserts

Typically this blog tends to create menu's and sensible food groupings, but the number of peaches overtaking our kitchen tosses out all concepts of sense, sensibility, and rational food thought.

 
French Onion Soup: From “The Book of Soups” by Lorna Rhodes

2 Tbsp Butter
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 lb Onions, thinly sliced (I use between 4 – 6 onions depending on their size)
Pinch of Sugar
5 cups Beef Stock
1 Bay Leaf
Salt and Pepper
4 thick slices of a French Style Bread or Croutons
1 cup Mozzarella Cheese

1. Heat Butter and Olive Oil in a large saucepan
2. Add in Onions and Sugar
3. Cook over a medium heat for about 20 minutes or until golden brown
4. Add Beef Stock and Bay Leaf and slowly bring to a boil
5. Simmer for 25 minutes
6. Remove Bay Leaf and season with Salt & Pepper
7. Ladle into bowls and top with bread and cheese
8. If you have oven safe bowls you can place them under the broiler briefly till cheese melts

 
Peach Pie: A Personal Recipe

6 Peaches- cleaned, skins removed, pitted, and sliced
1 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
2 Tbsp Flour
¼ Pie Enhancer (Buy it here)
A splash of Lemon Juice
1 premade pie crust

Optional Crumb Topping:
1/3 cup Flour
4 Tbsp Butter, cut into small pieces

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Clean Peaches
3. Press pie crust into pie pan and pinch or roll the edging
4. Add Sugar, Brown Sugar, Flour, Pie Enhancer, and Lemon Juice to the Peaches
5. Stir to combine
6. Pour into Pie Crust
7. In a separate bowl, combine Flour and cold Butter
8. Using your fingers or a pastry blender combine flour and butter till crumbly
9. Spread over the top of the pie
10. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 – 55 minutes depending on how brown you like it to be

 To me- pie isn't worth it if there isn't a crumb topping on it. Also take note of how clear the peaches look and how there isn't any excessive juices filling the plate - this is mainly due to the pie enhancer. It really will change your life. I promise. : )


Peach Cobbler: From Food Network.com

Cobbler Filling:
4 cups Peaches, sliced
¾ cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Vanilla
1 Tbsp Flour

Cobbler Crust:
1 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Baking Soda
3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
4 Tbsp Butter, cut into small pieces
2/3 cup Buttermilk
2 Tbsp Turbinado Sugar or Brown Sugar
Whipped Cream

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. Butter a medium sized baking dish – I use a square 8x8 dish
3. Place sliced Peaches into dish
4. Sprinkle with the Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Vanilla, and Flour
5. Mix gently and re-spread again
6. Bake for 10 minutes
7. Meanwhile, combine the following crust ingredients in a bowl: Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and Brown Sugar
8. Mix the Butter in with your fingers until it resembles coarse crumbs
9. Add Buttermilk and stir
10. Remove fruit from oven
11. Drop spoonfuls of dough on top of the fruit covering the surface
12. Sprinkle with the Turbinado Sugar or Brown Sugar
13. Bake for 20 minutes
14. Serve warm with Whipped Cream


I'm sorry that I do not have a better photo of the cobbler. This was actually the second cobbler made over the weekend because we devoured the first one so fast. I made this one for a friend. This goes to show just how many peaches we had ... still have... considering making peach ice cream next. 
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As for butter versus margarine, 
I trust cows more than chemists.  
~Joan Gussow
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Waffles with Peaches - Good Morning!

As a child I never embraced breakfast. I'd eat leftovers from the night before, grab a pop tart, or just skip it all together. I don't know if it is because I'm older, because I'm a mother, or because our increasingly health-conscious world is rubbing off on me, but I really appreciate a solid start to my day through breakfast.

Typically I eat cereal or oatmeal with fresh fruit, but for this post I thought I'd do a little extra work. It was a Sunday when I made this and the little one was with her grandparents so I think that is why I had the early morning energy.

We got a waffle maker as a wedding present and I just used the Bisquick recipe for this set. Super easy with great results. Topped it off with fresh cut peaches, a little syrup, and a dollop of whipped cream.

You can also add chocolate chips, a large variety of fruit, or peanut butter to get a little creative. Or go with ice cream or hot turkey and gravy and take this somewhere else from a breakfast post.

Every once and a while it is nice to mix up our meal routine.

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If we're not willing to settle for junk living, 
we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food.  ~Sally Edwards
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