Question: Baking with peaches

[sonia]

A kind vendor at the farmers market gave me some extra peaches, and I'd like to bake something with them. Any recommendations for a basic tart or pie recipe? A neighbor gave me a pint of raspberries, so I could throw some of those in too.

Thanks for all the replies!
I found this easy peach cobbler recipe that looks good, but it emphasizes a flour mix that I don't have in the cupboard.
What I do have is coconut milk and sweet rice flour (and rice), so I'm going to make this mango and sticky rice recipe that I've made before (without the fancy fruit rose), only with peaches instead of mango.
I might also try this coconut and peach mochi recipe since I also happen to have apricot jam.

Comments

[redthedragon]

This is not really a great recipe so much as a "this is my guesstimate pie process" lol, but my go-to would be to puree some of the peaches (or just slice them and toss them in some sugar water to boil down into something thick enough to fill a pie crust with) and then pour that into a mi-del pie crust and call it a day. Maybe do it with corn starch and milk instead of water and pop it in the oven for a little bit to get it all thick and gelatinous, and then serve it with ice cream.
I cannot guarantee that this will *look* nice (and can mostly guarantee that it won't, if I'm honest), but I've done it with a few kinds of fresh and frozen fruits and it pretty much comes out tasting pretty decent every time.

[sonia]

Thank you! I looked up mi-del pie crusts, for anyone else following along. I hadn't heard of them.

[fred_mouse]

I don't have a good pastry recipe, but my simplistic approach would be to slice them and then cover them with either a crisp or a crumble topping. But I like my fruit chunky.

[sonia]

Thanks, I'll look up crisp/crumble recipes. Do you have a favorite?

[fred_mouse]

Not really. I tend to go for toppings high in nuts/nut flour, that use butter rather than margarine, and that don't use oats. The simplest version would be to mix melted butter and flour (the 'breadcrumbs' approach one sees in some recipes), and then add a bit of sugar -- the juice from the peaches as they cook then provides the liquid to glue it all together. Sadly, I have no idea what proportions I make this in! I use a reasonably heavy flour though -- sorghum, or buckwheat cut with corn -- rather than any of the lighter options or GF mixes.

[sonia]

Thank you! Crisp/crumble wasn't part of my parents' repertoire, so it's not as intuitive for me.

[fred_mouse]

Hope you find one that works. I haven't had the stone fruit to do it for years, so would have to hope I got it right!

[ironymaiden]

I know it's not baked, but you have the ingredients for peach melba!

[sonia]

That looks like a definite possibility, thanks for the recipe!

[goddess47]

If peaches are really ripe, they get really juicy as they cook... which can be dangerous in a pie, which is why you need cornstarch or something (tapioca? I don't use it but my cooking memory came up with that) to absorb the juices. A cobbler is less dependent on the bottom crust, but still include something for the juiciness.

Also, pre-cooking the peaches can be useful. That allows you to control some of the juice.

Good luck and enjoy!

[sonia]

Thanks! Apparently baking with peaches is a challenge, which is maybe why I haven't done it before.

[kelkyag]

Fresh peach pie is also an option. Blind-bake a pie crust of your choice, put a layer of pastry cream or (cooked!) custard or pudding on the bottom if you'd like, pile in the fresh (peeled and sliced) peaches, optionally add a glaze and/or whipped cream on top. Raspberries would be a fine addition.

[sonia]

That sounds amazing! And like more of a project than I'm ready for. I edited the post with some simpler recipes I found.

[runpunkrun]

For the peach cobbler recipe that calls for Bob's 1-to-1, you can make your own from scratch if you have the components:

1/2 cup sweet white rice flour
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup potato starch
1/4 cup sweet white sorghum flour
1/4 cup tapioca flour
1 tsp xantham gum

That makes two cups. From 1-to-1 Gluten Free Mix (Bob's Red Mill copy) at WTF Can I Eat?!.

[sonia]

Thanks!