18 Aug Summer Fest: Stone Fruit
This week our test kitchen is filled to the rafters with peachy, plummy, cherry, nutty goodness. It’s stone fruit season, and it seems that everyone’s busily trying to figure out what to do with those baskets of jewels. We even discovered some surprises on that list of drupes, including coconut and almonds. This is why we love playing in the kitchen, because we always learn something new, and hope that our investigations give you some fresh knowledge, too.
And though we didn’t realize it, we have a slew of stone fruit recipes, from Gingered Peach Tarte Tatin and Cardamom Rice Pudding to Classic Mexican Mole to the Love & Honor Cocktail. Yes, we’ve covered all our bases.
Those recipes, along with a bit of history, can be found in our newest test kitchen dossier, Stone Fruit: Drupey Drawers of Goodness. Come on, the title was screaming at me. Now go read and cook something.
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Here’s what our other Summer Fest cohorts are doing this week with stone fruits. Go take a peek and leave a comment or recipe. You can also follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #summerfood.
Margaret Roach: Away to Garden
What is stone fruit, anyway? Plus: Clafoutis revisited
Michelle Buffardi: Cooking Channel’s Devour/The Blog (Scripps)
Savory Stone Fruit
@mbuffardi
Alison Sickelka: Food2 blog (Scripps)
Peachy Party Foods
@ali_s
FN Dish: Food Network
Paula’s Perfect Peach Cobbler
Healthy Eats: Food Network
Puttin’ Up Peach Pickles, Compote and More
Cate O’Malley: Sweetnicks.com
Blueberry Peach Smoothies
@cateomalley
Paige Smith Orloff: The Sister Project
A Summer Fruit Whatchamacallit – Not a pie, not a crisp, but delicious
@paigeorloff
Diane and Todd: White on Rice Couple
Riesling Poached Pluots
@whiteonrice
Kelly Senyei: Just a Taste
Peaches & Cream Cupcakes
@justataste
Caroline Wright: The Wright Recipes
Ginger & Vanilla Poached Peaches
@chefcaroline
Caron Golden: San Diego Foodstuff
Grilled Peach Parfait and Coconut Peach Gazpacho
@carondg
Tigress in a Jam
Nectarine Preserves with Summer Savory
@tigressjampickl
Alana Chernila: Eating from the Ground Up
Stone Fruit Slump
@edability
Judy: Divina Cucina
Chocolate Amaretti Baked Apricots
@divinacucina
Shauna Ahern: Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef
Gluten-Free Peach-Blueberry Buckle
@glutenfreegirl
Tara: Tea & Cookies
Making Peach Jam
Nicole: Pinch My Salt
Peaches
@pinchmysalt
Food Network UK
How to Poach a Peach
Marilyn: Simmer Till Done
Cherry Apricot Pie with Ginger-Almond Crunch
HOW YOU CAN JOIN IN SUMMER FEST:
Each Wednesday for the rest of the summer (and probably longer), a group of blogging friends including those above will swap our recipes and tips about the following harvest-fresh ingredients. Here’s the schedule:
7/28: Cukes ‘n Zukes
8/4: Corn
8/11: Herbs, Greens and Beans
8/18: Stone Fruit
8/25: Tomatoes
We each post something and then link to one another, so that you can travel around the combined effort, gathering the goodies. Sharing makes the experience even better, so if you have a recipe or tip that fits any of our weekly themes, you can do either of the following:
- Leave a comment on participating blogs with a link to your recipe/tip
- Publish a post of your own, and grab the juicy Summer Fest 2010 tomato badge (illustrated by Matt Armendariz of Mattbites)
We hope to see you in the kitchen!