Recipes For All Your Ripening Peaches!
There are so many things to look forward to this time of year- but I’m not sure if anything can top fresh, perfectly ripe peaches! The flavor is hard to beat and it’s like eating a healthy dessert! Vitamin C, antioxidants, potassium- all great reasons to add these to your diet. Plus- they taste amazing!!
While there is absolutely nothing wrong with just eating a fresh peach off the tree (and let’s be real- some days that really is the best way to indulge in a peach!), at times it’s nice to have a little variety in our diet. And there are so many delicious ways to eat peaches!
- Chop a few peaches and add it to your cottage cheese. It sounds like such a weird combination but it totally works! And it makes for a great healthy snack!
- Serve classic peaches n’ cream. Mix a little cream with sugar and serve over peaches. (My mom buys a sweet cream that is used for ice cream mixes and we eat it with strawberries and it is DIVINE. I bet it would be amazing with peaches too!)
- Add to smoothies. Peaches just elevate the flavor of almost anything, and adding a ½ to a full cup of peaches to your morning smoothie is definitely a sweet way to start the day!
- You can also add chopped peaches to your morning bowl of oatmeal, yogurt, or even cereal! I can’t think of a better way to start the day than with a fresh peach!
- Chopped peaches are great in fruit salads- just make sure they’re not too ripe or they’ll squish all over. (Which would be tasty- but not necessarily pretty….)
In addition to these ideas, here are a few peach recipes you can add to your Cook’n to try later! - Until things cool down, this homemade Peach Sorbet looks like the perfect treat! And you don’t even need an ice cream maker!
The Best Peach Sorbet Without Ice Cream Maker
The Best Peach Sorbet Without Ice Cream Maker - simple 3 ingredient peach sorbet that tastes like summer in a bowl, with no need for an ice cream maker! Author: Lee-Ann Grace Recipe Type: Dessert Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: ["8"]Ingredients:
Serving size: 8
Calories per serving: 130
8 ripe yellow peaches fresh or frozen (800g sliced & peeled)
200 grams sugar sugar (see notes)
1 tablespoon lemon juice tbs* lemon juice to taste (see notes)
Directions:
Slice the peaches into 8, and peel each slice.
Place peach slices in the bowl of a food processor, along with sugar and process until smooth, scraping down the sides as you go.
Once smooth, add lemon juice to taste.
Freeze for 6-7 hours, or until firm.
Notes:
* Don't add all of the lemon juice in at once - you need to add it to taste. It also may seem like a strange ingredient, but it really brings out the flavour of the peaches.
The ratio of fruit to sugar you are looking for to get the right consistency is basically 4:1 fruit to sugar. I work this out is by weight. I weigh the sliced & peeled fruit, then divide it by 4, which is the amount of sugar I add.
In this recipe, my sliced peaches weighed 800g, so divide that by 4 and you get 200g.
If you want to scale the recipe up or down, it should still be a good consistency as long as you stick with that ratio of 4:1 fruit to sugar.
*Please note that the amount of calories per serve is provided as a guide only, as ingredients and cooking methods can vary greatly*
Source: chefnotrequired.com
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- This Peach Dessert recipe was one of my favorites growing up. I even had it for my “birthday cake” for a couple of years! It’s definitely a crowd pleaser!
Peach Dessert
A rich, tasty dessert that's sure to please!
Serving size: 12Ingredients:
Calories per serving: 283
1 (3-ounce) package peach jello
2 cups water
2 tablespoons (heaping) cornstarch
3/4 cup sugar
3 to 4 fresh peaches, cut in bite-size peaches
2 packets Dream Whip
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup milk
3/4 to 1 cups powdered sugar (to sweeten)
1/4 cup crushed graham crackers (for garnish)
1 graham cracker pie crust pressed into a 9x13 pan*
Directions:
Boil 2 cups water, 2 heaping tablespoons cornstarch, and 3/4 cup sugar. After it thickens, add jello packet. Stir until dissolved. Cool with a piece of plastic wrap right on top (to prevent skin from forming). Add chopped peaches. Set aside.
Whip Dream Whip with the 1 cup milk. Beat in softened cream cheese and enough powdered sugar to suit your tastes. Layer on crust, starting with cream cheese mixture, then jello mixture, then cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle the 1/4 cup graham cracker crust crumbs on top. Makes 1 9x13 pan.
*Mom puts 1-2 T of extra sugar in the crust
**Can also use raspberry jello and a bag of frozen raspberries
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- This cake looks absolutely delicious! The combination of caramel and peach has my mouth watering! And a good dessert to transition to fall.
Caramel Peach Upside Down Cake
So much flavor fused into each and every bite! This cake is delicious! Author: Nikki
Ingredients:
1 yellow cake mix, and ingredients it calls for. You can also make your own yellow cake from scratch
1 1225 jars 1 (12.25 oz) Carmel ice cream topping
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 large peaches, peeled, pitted and cut into very thin slices
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Spray a 10 inch round pan with cooking spray and set aside.
Prepare cake mix as directed on box, but do not bake. Set aside.
Pour Caramel sauce on the bottom of pan. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the top of caramel.
Cut peaches into thin lengthwise slices and arrange over the sugar.
Pour cake mix over peaches.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes then invert onto a pretty cake stand.
Source: chef-in-training.com
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- I’m sure I’ve shared this before, but it’s worth sharing again. This is hands down the BEST peach cobbler recipe I’ve ever had. It’s been a huge hit wherever I’ve served it- and it’s super easy to put together!
Award-Winning Peach Cobbler
This cobbler has a flan-like texture that's divine and crowd-pleasing! It's also incredibly easy!
Serving size: 12Ingredients:
Calories per serving: 265
3 cans peaches, drain and save 1/2-1 cup of the juice*
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter or margarine, , melted (I use salted)
Directions:
Place peaches in bottom of a 9x13 pan. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and eggs until crumbly. Spread over top of peaches. Dribble melted butter and peach juice over top. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned (about 40 minutes).
*I like to use a whole cup, but if you want it more crumbly just use the 1/2 cup.
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What’s your favorite way to eat peaches?
Camille Hoffmann
Weekly Newsletter Contributor since 2014
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