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Rustic Peach Desserts

September 6, 2017 by orchardartwork

Whether labeled a tart or a crostata or something else, these open-faced pie recipes are tasty.

  • The rustic nature of these desserts keeps the whole baking process from being intimidating.  Looks messy?  It is supposed to!!
  • Go with thin slices of peaches and you can skip peeling them entirely.
  • Love how that egg wash finishes the crust.

Peach Tart  recipe includes step-by-step instructions for making your own crust, although you are certainly a-okay to go with refrigerated dough to save time. This is the recipe Harvey, the grandog approved.

Peach Crostata recipe is also yummy.  Only thing we might change next time we make it is to add a bit of cinnamon.

The peach slices lend themselves to a nice fan arrangemnt – so maybe it is a bit of fancy to go with the rustic look overall.

 

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Keeping it simple

August 29, 2017 by orchardartwork

Peaches and cinnamon ice cream

Don’t have any cinnamon ice cream handy?  No problem.  If you have vanilla ice cream in your freezer and ground cinnamon in your spice rack, you are in business.

Just thaw the ice cream a bit, mix in the ground cinnamon, refreeze, and then serve.  Click here for complete instructions

We skipped the refreezing step because we couldn’t wait to give this a taste.

Have a feeling this cinnamon ice cream might adorn a number of pies, cobbler and fresh fruit all season

 

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Ginger Pickled Peaches

August 21, 2017 by orchardartwork

A Savory Twist – Ginger Pickled Peaches

 – Oh me, oh my!  If you are a vinegar fan, you will loooove these.  Simple and super flavorful.  Followed the recipe called out in Food in Jars although didn’t bother to process them in water bath.  Just popped the peaches in a canning jar with the hot brine and parked them in refrigerator.  They will go fast!

Only four ingredients – peaches, apple cider vinegar, sugar and fresh ginger. Great paired with savory items as well as sweet.

Savory – serve with grilled pork chops

Sweet – top a bowl of vanilla ice cream with this flavor combo or use quick filling for cobbler finished with bit of whipped cream.  Yummo

 

 

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Squash Mac and Cheese

October 5, 2016 by orchardartwork

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Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

Cool fall weather has us thinking comfort food – soups, stews, risotto, etc.  This recipe caught our eye and it really satisfies.  One medium squash can make this recipes four times over.

Below is breakdown of the types of cheese we used, but you can mix and match to include all your favorites.

  • American cheese – a mainstay
  • Boursin cheese – the recipe called for a semisoft cheese with garlic and herbs.  We opted for Boursin just because we had some left from a wine & cheese tasting. Yummy!  Although it probably more than offset the health benefits of using squash.  Oops
  • Sharp cheddar – Yes, we added even more cheese.  A bit of sharp cheddar.  Feta might be a good choice as well.

Complete recipe from Better Homes & Gardens

Tips

  • Shredding squash – Initially, seemed kind of intimidating, but we didn’t want to muck up a food processor so we just shredded the squash with a food greater.  Worked well and didn’t take long.
  • Spicing it up – For those who like a little heat, we’d suggest adding some peppers.  We’re going to give that a shot next time around.

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Butternut Squash Soup

September 5, 2016 by orchardartwork

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Butternut Squash Soup

Cool temps have us thinking of warm comfort foods. It’s soup weather, everyone!

We can definitely recommend the following (kid-tested and mom-approved):

1. With Cream – Roasted Butternut Squash Soup – we skipped the curry as a courtesy to the kids but think it would add a nice heat element; good with whole milk as a substitute for cream

2. Without Cream – Butternut Squash Bisque – to make it kid friendly, maybe skip the ginger? We love that flavor note, however. This particular blog post is authored by a cousin back east. Good stuff. Seems that we are all thinking comfort foods this time of year.

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