Showing posts with label peach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peach. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Rasp/Peach Freezer Jam

Raspberry Peach Jam
 
What you need:
Peaches(chopped fine) 3 cups-about 1 1/5 lbs
Raspberries (mashed) 2 cups-about 2 pints
3 TBSP Lemon juice
6 TBSP Instant Pectin
2 cups sugar
Jars!

 Step 1: You guessed it, wash the jars!



Step 2: Put water in a large pot and bring to a boil. Place peaches in pot for 30 seconds, then immediately move to ice bath.
Step 3: Peel and pit the peaches
Step 4: Mash the raspberries in a small bowl, Mash the peaches, but leave some chunks!
 Step 5: In a large bowl combine peaches, raspberries, sugar, and lemon juice. Mix well and let stand for 10 minutes
Step 6: Add pectin and stir for 3 minutes
Step 7: Pour into jars
Step 8: Wipe off jars, place lid on top, and let stand for 30minutes. 
You're done! Now you can either move it to the fridge(where it will be good for 3 weeks), or move it to the freezer where it will keep for 1 year (again, I have kept it longer and it has been fine!)
 


Monday, July 22, 2013

Peach/Peach Spice Freezer Jam

Peach Jam
 
What you need:
Peaches (about 2lbs), when chopped fine 5 c of fruit
Sugar(2 cups)
6 TBSP Instant Pectin
3 TBSP Lemon Juice
Jars (of course)
Step 1: Wash Jars 
Step 2: Bring a big pot of water to boil, then put the peaches in pot for 30 seconds 
Step 3: Place the peaches immediately in ice water(this helps to shock them)
Peel and pit the peaches(the skin should fall right off making this step super easy)
 
Step 4: Mash the peaches with a potato masher-keep some chunks in it don't mush them too much!
 
Step 5: In a large bowl mix sugar, lemon juice, and peaches, mix well and let stand for 10 minutes
Step 6: Add in Pectin and stir for 3 minutes 
Step 7: Pour into jars! Let stand for 30min(with lid on)
Step 8: Enjoy immediately keeps in fridge for 3 weeks or move to freezer will keep there for up to 1 year(Honestly I have kept them longer than this and they still taste good and no one has gotten sick!)
 
Guess what your done!! Simple enough right?! I love this new instant pectin-going to be my new favorite thing!
 
NOTE: I also made another batch, but I made it peach spice.  After stirring in the pectin, I added 2 tsp of cinnamon and 1 tsp nutmeg. Let me tell you made it heavenly.  Probably should have made both batches this way! Definitely worth trying-tastes like dessert!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Peach and Steak Kabobs

This was not a totally original idea that just came to me.  I came across a recipe in a taste of homes magazine that I just got.  I love those magazines...problem is when the time comes to make the actual recipe I have a hard time pulling out the book and going by what it says.  All I noticed in the magazine was the picture and that it looked delicious.  I decided to get to work and make some for the family sometime soon.  Well that sometime soon came on Sunday June 2nd! Sorry no picture :(  I wish I had one as they look just as good as they taste.  I told my husband this is my new favorite summer time meal, as it tasted so fresh and was beyond yummy! He agreed(I love when he agrees-which is pretty much always does, but it's just nice to hear) Any way enough of me going on and I will get you the most amazing recipe EVER, ok maybe not ever but close enough!

Ingredients:
Sirloin Steak(cubed)
Peaches(canned in light syrup)-fresh would work better but I wanted the juice!
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp garlic powder
2 TBSP peach jelly

Cube up your Sirloin(I had 1 lb) and place in a bowl. Open your can of peaches and pour a very small amount of the peach juice on your sirloin(see why I used canned instead of fresh, of course olive oil would work, but I wanted to be different), for this I used maybe 1-2 TBSP it wasn't much just something so the seasoning would stick a better.  Add your ginger, cinn, and garlic powder to the steak and juice, mix it up well(I just used my hands, raw meat doesn't scare me). Now for the fun part...Since I used canned peaches they are juicy because of this I cut them in half because a whole peach slice kept falling off due to the weight and moisture.  IF you use fresh peaches one slice should work just fine since they are more firm.  On your kabob stick layer peach, steak, peach, steak...until you have what will fit on the kabob or how full you want it to be, ours had 3-4 of each per stick! Place them on the grill!  They cook about 5 min per side, so nothing too long! You don't want to burn the steak or the peaches, just cook them!  When they come off the grill spread peach jelly on top! Oh my goodness, heavenly, sweet, just amazing! 
The kids really enjoyed this recipe and ate all the steak and peaches.  The steak is sweet, but not too sweet, a very different flavor for me, but it was so very good.  I'm sure we will be making these a lot this summer since they are so amazing.  Maybe next time I can get a picture up on here so you can see them in all their awesomeness!  I am going to go back to the original recipe sometime here soon and see how close they are to each other.  I'm pretty sure the recipe didn't have cinnamon in it and it said to use some type of peach salsa as well-but again not positive as I briefly glanced it over, thought it looked good, and made my own!

Friday, August 31, 2012

Peach/Strawberry Cake

1 c butter softened
1 c sugar
2 egg
3 c self rising flour
2 tsp vanilla

Berry Sauce:
1 c water
2 TBSP corn starch
2 TBSP sugar
2 c strawberries
1 c peaches, peeled and sliced.

In a saucepan combine the water, cornstarch and sugar.  Stir until all is dissolved and it starts to get thick.  Add the strawberries and peaches.  Cook until tender and well blended!

In a 9x13 pan place the berry sauce on the bottom.  Then in a mixer combine the sugar and butter until fluffy.  Add in the egg, flour, and vanilla.  Stir until well blended.  Pour over top of the berry sauce.  Bake at 350 for 20-30min. The top should be a light golden brown.

This is so amazing! The top is between a strawberry shortcake and a yellow cake mix, it is so good! It looks like a cobbler, but tastes like a cake-doesn't get much better than that!

Enjoy.  Sorry I don't have a picture my husband devoured this before I had a chance to get to it!! It was so yummy. This would be so yummy with blueberries, or really any kind of fruit we just happened to have peaches and strawberries and man was it soo good.  It is really sweet so have some water or milk on hand.