The time has come to use peaches: the best recipes to try!

But how good are peaches? Recipes to try to enjoy one of the tastiest fruits of summer. Ready? Street!

But how can we resist peaches? These fruits, of many varieties, arrive in the hot season and remain to cheer up our meals until September (for later crops). In our opinion it is a very good fruit to eat on its own, thanks to its full and fresh flavour, however it is also perfect for making many recipes with peaches to serve on the table for a delicious snack or as a dessert at the end of a meal.

If you have never tried to make desserts with peaches, this is the right time, let us advise you with these preparations, in our opinion you could be pleasantly surprised !

• Jam
• In syrup
• Stuffed
• Cake
• Tart
• Crumble
• tiramisu

Peach jam

A great classic of Italian cuisine, suitable for making desserts but simply delicious if spread on bread with a thin layer of butter: we are talking about homemade peach jam, a very easy homemade recipe. With just a few ingredients you can prepare a fantastic peach jam , so what are you waiting for? The ingredients are:

• 1 kg of yellow peaches
• 250 g of sugar (or 1 apple)
• 50 g of lemon juice

To make this peach jam we recommend washing and cutting the fruit into pieces. Place it in a pan and let it cook over low heat together with the lemon juice and grated zest (optional). After about 10 minutes of cooking, add the sugar and let your jam go for another, approximately, 45 minutes. Once ready, test the saucer and pour the jam into sterilized jars.

Peaches in syrup

How good arepeaches in syrup ! Just think that to make it all you need is fresh fruit, a little water, some sugar… and a lot of good will! Actually not even that much, since the recipe is very simple . Try it, you need:

• 2 kg of peaches
• 1 liter of water
• 500 g of sugar

First, prepare the sugar syrup: put the water and sugar in a saucepan and let it cook for about 5 minutes (until the sweet part has completely melted, incorporating itself with the water and leaving no lumps). Let the syrup cool and, in the meantime, carefully wash the peaches with their skin under cold running water. Peel them and cut them in half (or segments) and carefully arrange them in some previously sterilized glass jars. At this point, pour the syrup into the containers and close everything with the lid . Boil the preserves in water and create a vacuum.

Filled peaches

A dessert loved by everyone, young and old, simple and that smells like home. We are talking about peaches stuffed with chocolate and amaretti, a recipe that tastes of Piedmont but which over the years has spread throughout Italy. And it is no coincidence, in fact, that everyone has their own secrets for preparing them deliciously: what are yours? We use:

• 4 peaches (better if yellow-fleshed)
• 4 macaroons
• 20 g of sugar
• 20 g of cocoa
• 50 g of dark chocolate
• 1 egg yolk

Wash the peaches well under running water, then cut them in half and remove the stone. Lightly scoop out the peach with a spoon and keep the extracted pulp in a bowl. Add the dark chocolate flakes, the crumbled amaretti biscuits, the sugar, the bitter cocoa and the egg yolk to the pulp and mix well. Take the peaches and place them on a baking dish covered with baking paper, fill them with your peach, chocolate and amaretti mixture and bake everything in the oven at 180°C for about 50 minutes.

Peach cake

If you are looking for a perfect dessert for breakfast, soft, fragrant, and ideal to pair with coffee or a hot tea for a snack, well, this cake will far exceed your expectations . Preparing it is a lot of fun, and if you want some advice, ask your grandmothers, who will surely know how to do it by heart! Here is the peach cake and the ingredients:

• 800 g of peaches
• 180 g of 00 flour
• 2 eggs
• 200 g of sugar
• 1 sachet of baking powder
• 1 sachet of vanillin
• 1 glass of milk
• butter to taste

Take the peaches, wash them and cut them into thin slices. Now prepare the dough: combine half the sugar and the egg yolks in a bowl and mix well until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the sifted flour and yeast, the vanillin and the beaten egg whites, being careful not to dismantle them. Now pour the mixture into a springform cake pan lined with baking paper and, on the surface, arrange the peach slices, the remaining sugar and a few flakes of butter. Bake at 180° C for about 60 minutes .

Peach cobbler

If it's not cake it's tart! Ok, that's not really the case, but there are those who prefer peach cobbler . Change the pasta and the use of peaches, which here you can use fresh, in syrup or in jam . Try it and you will make your loved ones happy! You need:

• 1.4 kg of peaches
• 180 g of butter
• 130 g of icing sugar
• 290 g of flour
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 egg
• 1 pinch of salt

Prepare the shortcrust pastry by combining the flour, sugar and cold butter cut into pieces (150 g) in a mixer. Turn on the machine and also add the yolks and eggs and a pinch of salt. Let everything mix for a few minutes, then transfer everything onto a pastry board and obtain a smooth and homogeneous dough which you will let rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, wash the peaches, peel them, cut them into cubes and cook them for a few minutes in a small pan with the leftover butter and a spoonful of sugar. Now roll out the pastry with a rolling pin, prick the bottom with the tines of a fork and add the peach filling. After the final finishing touches with the leftover shortcrust pastry, bake the dessert at 180°C for approximately 30-35 minutes.

Peach crumble

Among our recipes with fresh peaches we now see the peach crumble , a dessert that will melt in your mouth . This dessert from Anglo-Saxon cuisine can also be made with fruit in syrup, but the taste will be slightly affected. Here are the crumble ingredients:

• 2 peaches
• 50 g of sugar + to taste for the peaches
• lemon juice or liqueur to taste
• 80 g of 00 flour
• 50 g of butter
• 30 g of pistachios or hazelnuts

Wash, peel and cut the fresh peaches into cubes. Place them in a bowl and flavor with the juice of a lemon and some liqueur to taste and mix well. Now prepare the crumble by combining the flour with the sugar, the hazelnuts and the butter cut into cubes. Work the ingredients to obtain a sandy mixture full of large crumbs. Take a bowl, add the peaches to the bottom and cover with the crumble. Finally, bake at 180° C for about 30 minutes.

Peach tiramisu

We conclude with the fresh but delicious version of the classic dessert with mascarpone cream, ladyfingers and coffee : peach tiramisu . It's no secret that this fruit goes perfectly with amaretti biscuits, which enrich the recipe. Get yourself:

• 6 peaches
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• 500 g of mascarpone
• 500 g of amaretti
• 1 pinch of salt

It's time for tiramisu . To prepare it, start by washing, peeling and cutting the peaches into slices or cubes. Now prepare the creams: divide the egg yolks from the egg whites and whip the egg whites until stiff with the addition of a pinch of salt. Then whisk the egg yolks with the sugar and add the mascarpone. Incorporate the egg whites into the cream, being careful not to dismantle them. Let's move on to assembly : in a glass pan, make a first layer of mascarpone cream, then one of amaretti and followed by one of peaches. Continue in this order until all the ingredients are used up, then leave the dessert to harden directly in the fridge for a few hours and serve.

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