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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Peach Pandowdy

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 6
  • 3 lbs peaches, fresh, just-ripe
  • 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup light raisins
  • 1 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 2 ounces unsalted butter, melted (1/2 stick)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • almond extract (a few drops)

Recipe

  • 1 adjust oven rack one-third down from the top of the oven; preheat oven to 400°.
  • 2 butter a shallow baking pan with a 2 quart capacity, 11 x 8 x 2 inches; set aside.
  • 3 blanch and peel the peaches—have ready a large bowl of ice cold water, a slotted spoon, and a saucepan of boiling water deep enough to cover the peaches.
  • 4 with the slotted spoon, place the peaches in the boiling water, two or three at a time; if the peaches are fully ripe, they will need about 15 seconds in the boiling water, if not quite ripe they will need more.
  • 5 with the slotted spoon raise a peach from the water and move your thumb firmly over the skin, if the skin has loosened enough it will wrinkle and feel loose; at that point transfer it to the ice water.
  • 6 peel with your fingers starting at the stem end, and return the peeled fruit to the ice water; continue to blanch and peel all the peaches.
  • 7 cut peaches in half, remove the pits, and cut each half in three or four lengthwise slices; you should have 6 generous cups of sliced peaches.
  • 8 place the sliced peaches in a bowl, add the sugar and lemon juice; sprinkle the cinnamon all over.
  • 9 with a rubber spatula toss the fruit gently to mix the ingredients evenly; let stand for about 10 minutes to draw a bit of the juice.
  • 10 then place the mixture in the buttered baking dish, including every bit of the juice that has collected.
  • 11 smooth the top and sprinkle on the raisins; let stand while you prepare the topping.
  • 12 topping: sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt; set aside.
  • 13 in a small bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs with the milk, butter, vanilla, and almond extract.
  • 14 on low speed, add the dry ingredients and beat briefly only until smooth.
  • 15 the mixture will be thick but fluid.
  • 16 either pour it slowly to make a thin layer (it will form a wide ribbon when it is poured) or spoon it by small spoonfuls over the fruit; do not pour or spoon too much in any one spot or there will not be enough to cover the fruit.
  • 17 actually, the topping might not cover the fruit completely anyhow, but it should almost cover it.
  • 18 some of the topping will run down into the spaces between the fruit.
  • 19 bake for 28-30 minutes; the juices will bubble dark around the rim and through any little spots that the topping did not cover; the topping will darken slightly.
  • 20 serve warm as is, or with ice cream.

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