September 18, 2009

Stewed Peaches and Ice Cream


I received two grocery bags full of peaches from my coworker and decided to try out some new recipes. Austin and I have had peach cobbler, peach pie, and stewed peaches with ice cream. I got the recipe for stewed peaches from the food network. They suggest you serve the stewed peaches over cinnamon pound cake and ice cream, but I think it's good with just the vanilla ice cream also. I'm including the recipe because I think it's worth trying out. Enjoy!

Stewed Peaches:

4 cups peeled and sliced fresh peaches, plus any accumulated juices

1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar (depending on the sweetness of the peaches)

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

2 teaspoons cornstarch

2 teaspoons water

1 tablespoon red wine or brandy, optional

Combine peaches plus any peach juice from slicing, sugar, and lemon juice in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the mixture for 10 minutes, or until peaches are tender. In a small bowl, stir together cornstarch and water. Add cornstarch mixture to the peaches, stirring to combine. Bring mixture to a boil and boil for 1 minute, or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in brandy, if using, and cool slightly. Serve warm over slices of cinnamon pound cake with vanilla ice cream.

4 comments:

Nelson Nitwits said...

Do you deliver? :)

Megan said...

Sounds delicious! Now if I could just get my hands on some low-cost fresh peaches!! =D

Kaylene said...

Yum...I've totally been craving peaches lately too. Looks so good! So I found your blog on the high school blog. It's way cute and it's fun to see some of the things you have been up to.

Bonnie said...

mmm... yummy!

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