Peaches can be used in various desserts such as cobbler, Peach Melba, pie, cake, and peaches in wine. Peach cobbler is made with sliced peaches, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a crust made of flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and buttermilk. Peach Melba is prepared with blanched fruit, vanilla ice cream, raspberry sauce, and ground almonds. Peach pie can be made with a double crust or a single crust with a sour cream and peach filling and a crumb topping. Peaches in wine is a French dessert made by immersing sweetened peaches in wine for 6-8 hours.
Peaches are excellent eaten alone or added to fruit salads and other dishes. But when you have quite a few peaches to consume, you can always find plenty of much-loved desserts to whip up. Cobbler, peach melba, pie, cake and peaches in wine are all delicious ways to turn fruit into dessert.
Peach cobbler is a well-known dessert cooked in a shallow pan. Sliced fresh fruit is placed in the dish with a mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon and vanilla sprinkled over them. A tablespoon of flour is also usually added for thickening. Then, a crust made of flour, brown sugar, baking soda and/or baking powder, and buttermilk or soured milk is dropped in spoonfuls on top of the fruit. This cobbler is easy to make and is delicious served warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Peach Melba is another popular dessert and named after Australian opera star Dame Nelly Melba. When starting to prepare it, fairly ripe fruit is blanched and then placed in ice water before skinning and slicing. The slices are refrigerated, usually with some sugar added, and some chefs add lemon juice and/or honey. When serving, a scoop of vanilla ice cream is placed in a patterned dish, then fruit is placed on top of the ice cream and raspberry sauce and ground almonds top it off. Upscale restaurants often add sugar lace or ice sculpture accents to their Peach Melba.
The pie can also be made with peaches added. Some have used canned fruit, while others use fresh fruit. Peach upside-down cake is made like pineapple upside-down cake, and pound cakes and cinnamon cakes are also popular. Peach cheesecakes often have almond flavoring added.
Peach pie can be prepared in two different ways. A double crust pie often has a lattice crust, and cinnamon and nutmeg are usually added to flavor the sliced peaches. A single crust pie may have a sour cream and peach filling and a crumb topping made with flour, butter, sugar, and cinnamon.
Peaches in wine is an elegant French dessert. Any decent drinking wine may be used. The sliced and sweetened peaches are left in the refrigerator for about 6-8 hours immersed in the wine. When serving, fruit and wine can be placed in beautiful glasses or on plates. Whether you use red or white wine depends on your personal tastes.
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