Alan Cooked a wonderful Chinese dinner for us. He loves to cook in our kitchen, and we love having him do it! We decided to make a Gingery Peach Crisp for dessert. Peaches are in season and it was a perfect ending to this great meal. No recipes for the Chinese food, you need to invite Alan over to cook for you!
Gingery Peach Crisp
Jim Dodge
This simple, summery dessert is based on a couple of Jim Dodge’s recipes in The American Baker.
INGREDIENTS
10 medium peaches, ripe but firm
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
1⁄2 cup (about 3 ounces) crystallized ginger, coarsely chopped
10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
1 cup bread flour
PREPARATION
Preheat the oven to 375˚F.
1. Wash and dry the peaches, but do not peel.
2. Cut into eighths and place in a mixing bowl.
3. Combine the cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of the sugar, add to the peaches, and toss to coat; stir in the ginger.
4. Spread the contents of the bowl in a shallow 2 1⁄2-quart baking dish.
5. Cut the butter into 1-inch pieces.
6. Combine in the bowl of an electric mixer with the flour and the remaining 1 cup sugar.
7. Mix with the paddle attachment at low speed until crumbly; stop mixing as soon as the color begins to show yellowish.
8. Spread the topping over the fruit and bake until the topping is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling around the edges, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
9. Serve warm or at room temperature, plain or with vanilla ice cream.
Yield
Serves 10
Time estimates
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 hr
Total time: 1 hr 30 min
Good to know
Most of what I know about desserts I have learned from my wife Elaine Ratner and indirectly from pastry chef Jim Dodge, with whom Elaine worked on two classic cookbooks. This simple, summery dessert is based on a couple of Jim’s recipes in The American Baker. A stand mixer with a paddle attachment makes short work of preparing the crisp topping; if you don’t have a mixer with a paddle, rub the butter together with the flour and sugar as if making pie dough, and when it reaches the consistency of coarse meal, gently press it together into pea-sized clumps.
Jim Dodge
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar
1⁄2 cup (about 3 ounces) crystallized ginger, coarsely chopped
10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
1 cup bread flour
Preheat the oven to 375˚F.
1. Wash and dry the peaches, but do not peel.
2. Cut into eighths and place in a mixing bowl.
3. Combine the cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of the sugar, add to the peaches, and toss to coat; stir in the ginger.
4. Spread the contents of the bowl in a shallow 2 1⁄2-quart baking dish.
5. Cut the butter into 1-inch pieces.
6. Combine in the bowl of an electric mixer with the flour and the remaining 1 cup sugar.
7. Mix with the paddle attachment at low speed until crumbly; stop mixing as soon as the color begins to show yellowish.
8. Spread the topping over the fruit and bake until the topping is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling around the edges, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
9. Serve warm or at room temperature, plain or with vanilla ice cream.
Yield
Serves 10
Time estimates
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 hr
Total time: 1 hr 30 min
Good to know
Most of what I know about desserts I have learned from my wife Elaine Ratner and indirectly from pastry chef Jim Dodge, with whom Elaine worked on two classic cookbooks. This simple, summery dessert is based on a couple of Jim’s recipes in The American Baker. A stand mixer with a paddle attachment makes short work of preparing the crisp topping; if you don’t have a mixer with a paddle, rub the butter together with the flour and sugar as if making pie dough, and when it reaches the consistency of coarse meal, gently press it together into pea-sized clumps.
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