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RECIPE: Classic Peaches & Cream

For National Peach Month, August, try one of the oldest peach recipes: peaches and cream.

If you read novels or short stories from centuries past, you’ve no There are many ways to make peaches and cream

In a book of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories, The Basil And Josephine Stories, he introduces Basil, a fictionalized version of his younger self. One of Basil’s favorite foods: peaches and cream.

Is peaches and cream as simple as it sounds?

Yes, if you have juicy, ripe peaches, waiting to be sliced into a bowl and covered with heavy cream (or in the U.K., clotted cream).

Otherwise, poach or bake the peaches first.

The following recipe has a Southern spin, with bourbon and brown sugar.
 
 
RECIPE: PEACHES & CREAM

Ingredients For 2 Servings

  • 3 peaches, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon + 4 teaspoons brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 4 teaspoons bourbon
  • Garnish: toasted pecans
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    Preparation

    1. TOSS the peaches with 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Set aside until juicy, about 30 minutes (the sugar helps to extract the juices). Meanwhile…

    2. WHIP 1 cup heavy cream until it has begun to thicken; then beat in 4 teaspoons brown sugar. Add the bourbon and beat until soft peaks form. Layer the peaches and cream in dessert glasses and top with toasted pecans.
     
     
    FANCIER PEACHES & CREAM RECIPES

    For more elaborate preparations:

    Add caramel sauce, as in this recipe from Spache The Spatula. The peaches and cream are drizzled with vanilla bean-zinfandel caramel sauce.

      Peaches and Cream
    Classic peaches and cream: ripe peaches and heavy cream (photo courtesy Spache The Spatula).

    Peaches & Cream Shortcake
    [2] A fancier approach: jumbo macaron on clotted cream, filled with peaches and vanilla ice cream (photo courtesy Bestia | LA).

     
    Turn it into shortcake. In photo #2, a jumbo macaron substitutes for the shortcake biscuit. It sits on a bed of clotted cream, and is stuffed with peaches and vanilla ice cream.

    Your own take. How else would you present fresh peaches and cream? Let us know!
     
     

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