Sweet Peach Popsicles and Sweet Peach Tea
Jul 26, 2010 Desserts, Drinks, Peaches, Snacks
To continue with peach week I have something to keep cool with. I had originally planned on making shortcakes with peaches and raspberries and marscapone cream, which I may still do, but I was too hot this weekend to turn on my oven. Maybe tomorrow I’ll get inspired to bake something, but yesterday I was more in the mood for something cold. Very, very cold.
I am normally never, ever, in the mood for a popsicle. Yesterday, however, I found myself flipping through the latest Bon Appetit and saw a recipe for Blackberry popsicles. They looked amazing. I wanted one, but I didn’t have blackberries. I did, however, have perfectly sweet and wonderful peaches.
Tags: home made popsicles, iced tea drinks, peace ice cubes, peach pops, peach popsicles, peach tea
Peach Pie with Mixed Berries
Jul 22, 2010 Peaches, Pies and Tarts, Strawberries
Ok, I’m excited.
Really, really excited.
The reason I’m excited is because this pie recipe, is MINE. I created it- and … it tasted fine! It fell apart, but I didn’t mind. I was just happy there weren’t any major disasters.
I decided to make my own recipe… TIME OUT: I want to say right now that creating a pie recipe isn’t necessarily rocket science…. just know that I’m aware of that. Now, where were we? … because I wanted a pie, but I didn’t want it to have a pie crust top, I wanted streusel instead. I also wanted to add mixed berries instead of just blueberries or just blackberries to the peaches, and I couldn’t find a recipe that did those things. I also didn’t want to make my own pie crust… so the dough boy and I teamed up on this.
I used a mixture of the peaches I got last weekend in Porter, which were both the Bellaire and the Red Haven variety. Now, the Red Haven peaches are not particularly sweet, so I added more sugar that I probably would have if I had been using really sweet peaches. Next month, if I make this, I’ll probably use only 1/4 cup sugar instead of 1/2 cup. Just use your best judgement. If you want a sweeter pie, use more sugar.
Look at all the delicious fruit inside.
Tags: Peach Pie, peach pie with berries, peach pie with mixed berries
Peach Week Kickoff with Peaches in Wine
Jul 20, 2010 Appetizers, Desserts, Drinks, Peaches, Snacks
I hereby call this week… (drumroll please…)
Peach Week.
The reason?
I have a ton of peaches.
I know I’m starting this sort of in the middle of the week so it’s not really Peach Week, more like Peach mid-week or Peach Weekend, but nevertheless, we are going to talk peaches for a few posts. Since I’m drowning in peaches over here I feel like it’s all I can think about, therefore it’s all I am going to write about for a few days.
I hope that’s ok with you.
Tags: bellaire peach, peach dessert, peaches and wine, peaches in wine, peeling a peach, peeling peaches, Porter peach, Red Haven Peach, wine poached peach
Grilled Chicken Salad with Peaches and Strawberries
Aug 5, 2009 Healthy, Peaches, Salads, Strawberries
It’s not very often that when I ask Brian what he wants for dinner that he responds, “I think a salad sounds good.” Days like this are exciting, wonderful things when put my creative salad making-skills to the test to see what wonderful flavors I can pull together to compliment each other to make the perfect, crispy blend. I love salad, but I honestly don’t think Brian ever touched lettuce until we started dating, and it hasn’t been that many times since. But today, when I asked Brian what he wanted for dinner, he asked for a salad! **Heart Sings**
Tags: Peach salad, Salad, strawberry salad
My First Pie- Peach and Blackberry.. Mmm..
Jul 26, 2009 Desserts, Peaches, Pies and Tarts
Until yesterday afternoon, I had never made a pie. I think I must have helped my mom make a pie at one point in my life, but I’m relatively certain that I have never chosen to make a pie myself. Part of this is because I am not a huge fan of pie… or maybe it’s more just that there are other desserts I like much more, and if I spend any amount of time making a delicious dessert, pie is probably not my top choice.
But yesterday, I found myself in my house with an abundance of very ripe peaches (24 to be exact) that my mother-in-law gave me after she went and picked them last week. I didn’t know what I was going to do with them, but I knew they would start to go bad if I didn’t do something… fast! I decided that I would look for recipes with things that included peaches, and I came across a few that I thought looked good from several different websites. I saw recipes for grilled peaches, peach drinks, and peach salads, all of which looked great, but after some review I decided that I wanted to make a pie. I figured it would be fun since I’ve never made one. It turns out that making fruit pie is incredibly easy and I probably should have been making them for a long time now.
I chose a Blackberry Peach Pie recipe and made a few little changes to it. I had fresh blackberries in my freezer (also from my mother-in-law), so the only thing I needed to buy was the pie crust. I wanted to find a Pillsbury pie crust but I couldn’t find them in the store, so I ended up getting some generic type pie crust brand, but it turned out fine. The only problem I had is that when I unrolled the pie crust it started to stick to itself and tear a little, but it was nothing that couldn’t be saved. If I had cared more about the pie I would have used these pie crust tips and made my own, but since this was my first pie I thought I would start off small and ease into it. Maybe next time I’ll attempt the crust.
Molly’s First Blackberry-Peach Pie
4 large very ripe peaches, peeled, sliced, and without the pit
2 cups fresh blackberries
3 tablespoons Corn Starch
1/2 – 3/4 cup sugar (depending on the sweetness of the peaches. If your peaches are sweet then a little less sugar is a good thing)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tablespoons melted butter
pie crust (top and bottom)
Dash more of cinnamon
Dash of nutmeg
Preheat Oven to 450 degrees. Stir up peaches, blackberries, sugar, cinnamon, and corn starch in a bowl until it’s all mixed. Place the bottom pie crust in the bottom of a pie dish. Pour the fruit mixture on top of the pie crust. Place the top pie crust on top of the pie and press around the edges. Brush the top of the pie crust with melted butter and sprinkle with a little cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes, and then reduce the temperature in the oven to 350 and bake another 35-40 minutes or until the crust is all brown and beautiful. If the edges of the crust start to get too brown, cover them with foil, leaving the “undone” part exposed.
I hope you like this pie. I thought it was pretty good!
Tags: Blackberry pie, Peach Pie, Pie recipe
