Fresh Peaches With Ginger Biscuits Recipes

GRILLED PEACHES WITH GINGERSNAPS

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil the grate. Brush peach halves with canola oil.
• Place peach halves on the preheated grill. Grill until tender and peach is warmed through, about 10 minutes. Place the hot peach on a plate skin-side down. Sprinkle with brown sugar, allowing the sugar to melt. Alternatively, use a small torch to caramelize the sugar. Serve each peach half with 2 scoops of vanilla frozen yogurt and gingersnap cookie crumbles sprinkled on top.

FRESH PEACH AND GINGERCREAM SHORTCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk flour, 6 tablespoons sugar, and baking powder in large bowl. Add butter; rub in with fingertips until very coarse meal forms (oatmeal-size flakes). Mix in 1/4 cup chopped ginger. Add ginger ale and 2 tablespoons cream. Toss until moist clumps form. Gather dough into 7-inch log. Cut crosswise into 6 equal rounds. Place on sheet, spaced apart. Shape each into 2 1/2-inch diameter round. Mix 1 tablespoon cream and 1 tablespoon sugar in small bowl; brush over top and sides of shortcakes.
• Bake shortcakes until golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Cool on sheet.
• Meanwhile, toss peaches in large bowl with 4 tablespoons sugar and remaining 1/4 cup chopped ginger. Whisk remaining 1 1/4 cups cream and 2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl to peaks.
• Halve shortcakes horizontally. Place bottoms on plates. Top each with peaches, whipped cream, and shortcake top.

GINGER-PEACH DESSERT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place cookies and 1/2 cup pecan pieces in food processor. Cover and process until crushed. Add butter; process until mixed. Press evenly in rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until center is set when lightly touched. Cool completely, about 25 minutes.
• Spread frozen yogurt over cooled crust. Freeze 30 minutes.
• Spread whipped topping over frozen yogurt; sprinkle with finely chopped pecans. Freeze about 4 hours or until firm.
• To serve, let stand at room temperature 5 to 10 minutes. Cut dessert into squares. Top each square with 2 or 3 peach slices.

PEACHES IN GINGER SYRUP

Steps:

• Simmer wine, water, sugar, and ginger, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 3/4 cup, about 15 minutes.
• While syrup is simmering, slice peaches and toss with lemon juice.
• Pour hot syrup through a fine sieve onto peaches, then stir.
• Let stand 20 minutes.

FRESH PEACHES WITH GINGER BISCUITS

Steps:

• Peel peaches (or nectarines).
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Stir together remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, both flours, ground cardamom, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a mixing bowl.
• Add butter and using a pastry blender to break up the butter into pea-size chunks. Stir in crystallized ginger.
• Beat egg with vanilla and ½ cup buttermilk. Add to dry ingredients and stir with a fork just until moistened. If it seems too dry, add 1-2 tablespoons additional buttermilk. Texture will be shaggy and barely moist.
• Turn dough out onto a counter lightly dusted with flour (I floured my hands, too.). Knead a few times; then roll or pat dough into a circle about ¾-inch thick.
• Using a glass or biscuit cutter, cut out six 2-inch circles; gather remains, shape into a disk, and cut out remaining biscuits. Place close together on a baking sheet and bake until golden, 12-18 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes.
• Whip cream until it holds soft peaks. Add sweetener to taste and stir in almond extract.
• To serve, cut biscuits.
• Spoon fruit and juices (if any) over bottom half, add a dollop of cream, and cover with top biscuit.
• I garnished the dessert with a light sprinkle of raw sugar for presentation.
• Yield is estimated.

CHOCOLATE & GINGER BAKED PEACHES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan 160C/conventional 180C/gas 4. Butter a large, shallow ovenproof dish. Cut the peaches in half and remove the stones, then stand the peaches cut-side up in the dish.
• Put the ginger biscuits into a tough plastic bag, seal the bag and bash the biscuits with a rolling pin until they're roughly crushed. Tip them into a bowl and mix in the chocolate, two-thirds of the chopped ginger, the egg yolk, dessert wine and orange zest until everything is evenly mixed.
• Divide the mixture equally between the peach halves, mounding it into the holes left by the stones. Pour the white wine around the peaches, dot them with the butter and bake for 20 minutes, or until tender. (This can be made up to a day ahead, kept in the fridge once cool, then gently reheated, in two batches, on Medium in the microwave for 4-5 minutes each batch.) To serve, spoon over the cooking juices and scatter with the remaining ginger. Serve warm.

PEACH BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450.
• Peel peaches, pit them, and dice them into 1/4" pieces.
• In a small sauce pan combine peaches, orange liquor, water, sugar, vanilla, and 2 tsp flour. Bring to a boil and continue stirring until mixture is thickened.
• Sift 3 cups flour, baking soda, and salt into mixing bowl.
• Cut in butter, and mix for about 1 minute.
• While mixer is still going, slowly add milk and then peaches. Continue to mix until thoroughly combined.
• Spray muffin tins with with cooking spray, and fill each 2/3 full with biscuit mix.
• Bake for 17 minutes or until golden brown. (sometimes biscuits will be a little doughy due to the moister in the peaches).