Piemontese Peach Gratin Recipes

Steps:

• For the yogurt: In a small bowl, mix the yogurt and honey together. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• For the gratin: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Butter a 2-quart gratin dish with the softened butter.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk and eggs. Whisk in the flour, melted butter, brown sugar, cane sugar, vanilla and salt, until smooth. Pour the batter into the gratin dish and arrange the apricot slices and raspberries on top. Bake for 20 minutes.
• Take the gratin out of the oven, and sprinkle the top with the granola and almonds, and bake until the batter is light brown and set, and the fruit is tender, 5 to 10 more minutes. Let cool for 20 minutes before serving.
• Serve with a dollop of the raspberry honey yogurt.

Steps:

• Butter a 9-inch pie plate. In a bowl combine peaches, lemon juice, sugar and cornstarch. Pour into pie plate.
• In a separate bowl combine flour and sugar. Rub in cold butter until mixture resembles a coarse meal. Add pecans and toss together. Sprinkle pecan mixture over peaches and bake until peaches are tender and topping is bubbly and golden, about 30 to 40 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Rinse, halve and stone the peaches. Puree 2 of the peaches in a food processor. Place the puree in a bowl add the sugar, crushed macaroons and the egg yolk. Cover each peach halve with this filling and place the peach halves in a buttered baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining butter over the peaches and bake for about 45 minutes. Serve hot or cold, with or without heavy cream.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees and set rack at middle level in oven.
• Break the almond paste into 1-inch pieces. In the bowl of a mixer, combine almond paste, and sugars. With the paddle attachment, mix on the slowest speed to crumble together, paste and sugars. Pour in the egg whites in 3 to 4 additions, beating well between each addition. Scrape down the bowl frequently as you are adding the egg whites.
• If possible, leave time to pack the macaroon paste into a plastic container and allow it to age overnight in the refrigerator before baking.
• Use a plain tube with a 1/2 to 3/4-inch opening (Ateco #7 or #8) to pipe 3/4 to 1-inch macaroons on parchment or waxed paper lined cookie trays. Leave 1-inch around each macaroon.
• Moisten the surface of the macaroons with a wet towel and sprinkle with granulated or confectioners' sugar. Bake immediately for 15 minutes to 20 minutes, until thet are well puffed and golden. Cool the macaroons. When cool, remove them from paper by turning paper over and moistening the back of the paper, then peel it off.
• Yield: 34 cookies

Steps:

• Peel, slice and arrange peaches in a 6-cup baking dish (preferably an oval gratin dish), sprinkling with lemon juice as you go.
• Whip cream; spread all over peaches.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar by putting it through fine sieve.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• Just before serving, broil about 4" below heat for about 2 minutes or until crispy golden on top.

Steps:

• Make the zabaglione: In a double boiler or a bowl set over rapidly simmering water, whisk egg yolks and sugar together. Add Marsala and white wine and whisk well until mixture is warm and beginning to thicken, about 2 minutes.
• Continue to whisk vigorously as mixture increases in volume, until it is the consistency of lightly whipped cream, 2 minutes more. Take care that the eggs do not overcook and become curdled.
• Pour zabaglione into 4 to 6 wide-mouthed wineglasses or coupes and let cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate. Peel peaches and cut into 1/2-inch wedges. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled.
• To serve, top each glass with sliced peaches, dividing them evenly. If desired, garnish with raspberries and drizzle with about a tablespoon of raspberry purée.