PEAR KUCHEN
Emily Elsen and Melissa Elsen, sisters who run the Four & Twenty Blackbirds bakery in Brooklyn, hail from South Dakota, where their family ran a small restaurant. Kuchen, a German cake topped with fruit that is a staple of the state's Thanksgiving tables, is central to their childhood memories of the holiday. Their recipe, topped with pears, "looks a little different than those traditionally found in local South Dakota church and community cookbooks," Melissa Elsen wrote in an email, "but it tastes like it does in my memory (with the addition of cardamom)." That cardamom, it turns out, is key to the dish's success, with citrus and savory notes that are as pleasant as they are unexpected.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories cakes, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 2 kuchens, 8 servings each
Number Of Ingredients 26
Steps:
- Make the dough: Warm milk to 110 degrees (or until warm to the touch), sprinkle with yeast, stir and let stand for 5 minutes until dissolved. Add butter and stir until mostly melted.
- Butter or oil a large bowl. In a second large bowl, whisk together sugar, salt and egg yolk. Add flour and stir with a wooden spoon until incorporated. Add warm milk mixture and stir until combined and dough comes together in a smooth, sticky ball, about 2 minutes. Transfer to prepared bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, 2 to 3 hours. (Alternatively, dough can rise in refrigerator overnight.)
- Meanwhile, make the pastry cream: Place a fine-mesh sieve on the rim of a medium bowl. In a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan, blend cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Whisk in flour, egg, milk, salt, cardamom pods and anise seed. Cook over medium heat, whisking occasionally, until mixture starts to thicken, then whisk constantly until it starts to boil. Continue cooking, whisking constantly, for 2 more minutes, then immediately pour mixture into fine-mesh sieve. Use a spatula to push it through sieve and into bowl. Let cool, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, then stir in butter and vanilla. Press plastic wrap directly on surface of pastry cream and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Make the streusel: In a small bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add butter pieces and toss to coat. Use fingertips to rub butter into dry ingredients until pea-size lumps form. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Roll out dough: Butter two 9-inch pie plates. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and with floured hands gently knead it into a log. Divide log in half and flatten into discs. With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll each disc into an 8-inch round. Transfer rounds to pie plates, pressing dough to edges of pan and just slightly up sides. Let rise for about 20 minutes while you prep fruit.
- Set a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 350 degrees. Peel and core pears, then slice them lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices and place in a medium bowl. Sprinkle with sugar and apple cider vinegar or lemon juice and toss to coat.
- Assemble the kuchens: Spread about 1/4 cup pastry cream on bottom of each kuchen, stopping 1/2 inch from edge of dough, then arrange pear slices in an overlapping circular pattern on top. Divide remaining pastry cream between kuchens and carefully spread it evenly over pears. Sprinkle streusel over both and bake in center of oven until dough is light golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. (If your oven can't accommodate both kuchens, refrigerate one while the other bakes.) Serve warm or at room temperature. Baked kuchens can be wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, then foil, and frozen up to 1 month. Rewarm before serving.
PEAR KüCHEN
Kuchen, a German yeast cake, acts as a golden pillow for ripe pears and a cinnamon, sugar, and hazelnut topping.
Categories Cake Dairy Egg Fruit Dessert Bake Pear Fall Hazelnut Gourmet Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher Diabetes-Friendly
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Make dough:
- Stir together milk and 1 teaspoon granulated sugar in bowl of mixer. Sprinkle yeast over mixture and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If yeast doesn't foam, discard and start over with new yeast.)
- Add 1/4 cup flour, beating at medium speed until combined. Add whole egg, yolk, vanilla, salt, and remaining 1/3 cup sugar and beat until combined. Reduce speed to low and gradually mix in 1 1/4 cups remaining flour. Increase speed to medium and add butter, then continue beating, stopping and scraping down side of bowl once or twice, until dough is shiny and forms strands from paddle to bowl, about 3 minutes. (Dough will be very soft and sticky.)
- Transfer dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Roast Pears while dough rises:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
- Peel pears, cut lengthwise into eighths, and core. Toss pears with melted butter and 2 tablespoons brown sugar in a 13- by 9-inch glass or ceramic baking dish and arrange in 1 layer.
- Roast pears, gently turning and stirring occasionally, until just tender and lightly caramelized, about 45 minutes. Transfer pears to a plate with a slotted spatula. Stir bread crumbs into baking dish, scraping up all brown bits and butter, then transfer to a bowl. Stir hazelnuts, cinnamon, and remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar into bread crumbs.
- Assemble and bake kuchen:
- Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
- Transfer dough to springform pan and spread evenly with a rubber spatula to cover bottom.
- Sprinkle half of crumb mixture over dough, leaving a 1-inch border. Gently toss roasted pears with remaining crumb mixture and scatter pears over dough. Let rise, covered with plastic wrap, in a warm draft-free place, 30 minutes.
- Bake, uncovered, until firm to the touch and deep golden brown, about 40 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack, 20 minutes, then carefully remove side of pan. Cool to barely warm or room temperature.
GERMAN FRESH PEACH KUCHEN
One of the delights of summer in Germany is fruit kuchen, an open face fresh fruit pie served warm from the oven. It's made with pastry crust or raised yeast dough crust; a custard mixture is poured over the fruit before baking. In this recipe fresh ripe peaches is used, plus a crispy, rich biscuit crust, somewhat like shortcake. Kuchen can also be made with canned or frozen fruit. Fragrant peach kuchen is especially delicious with whipped cream or a la mode. Time the kuchen to bake during dinner so that it will be at just the right temperature to serve for dessert. The batter may be mixed ahead of time, turned into a baking pan and refrigerated for as long as 3 hours. At brunch, serve kuchen instead of coffeecake.
Provided by Olha7397
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Pour enough boiling water over peaches in large bowl to cover.
- Let stand 1 minute to loosen skins; then drain, and plunge into cold water for a few seconds to prevent softening of fruit.
- With paring knife, pare peaches; place in a large bowl.
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Sprinkle peaches with lemon juice to prevent darkening.
- Slice into the bowl; toss to coat with lemon juice; set aside.
- Onto sheet of waxed paper, sift flour with the sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In large mixing bowl, using fork, beat eggs with milk and lemon peel.
- Add flour mixture and melted butter, mixing with fork until smooth1 minute.
- Do not over-mix.
- Butter a 9-inch Springform pan, or 9-inch round layer-cake pan.
- (If cake pan is used, kuchen must be served from pan.).
- Turn batter into pan; spread evenly over bottom.
- (At this point, kuchen may be refrigerated several hour, or until about 12 hour before baking.).
- Combine sugar and cinnamon; mix well.
- DRAIN peach slices; arrange on batter, around edge of pan; fill in center with 5 peach slices.
- Sprinkle evenly with sugar-cinnamon mixture.
- Bake 25 minutes.
- Remove kuchen from oven.
- With a fork, beat egg yolk with cream.
- Pour over peaches.
- Bake 10 minutes longer.
- Cool 10 minutes on wire rack.
- To serve, remove side of springform pan.
- Serve kuchen warm, cut into wedges, with sweetened whipped cream or soft vanilla ice cream.
- Makes 8 to 10 servings.
- McCalls Cooking School.
EASY PEACH KUCHEN
Enjoy this easy-to-make nutty peach dessert. Perfect if you love German cuisine.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Breakfast
Time 1h15m
Yield 9
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix flour, baking powder and 2 tablespoons of the sugar. Stir in butter until mixture is crumbly. On bottom and 1 1/2 inches up sides of 8-inch square glass baking dish, pat mixture evenly. Top with peaches. In small bowl, mix remaining sugar and the cinnamon; sprinkle over peaches. Bake 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat eggs, yogurt and vanilla with wire whisk until smooth. Pour over top of partially baked kuchen. Sprinkle pecans over yogurt mixture.
- Bake 40 to 50 minutes longer or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 420, Carbohydrate 59 g, Cholesterol 100 mg, Fat 3, Fiber 3 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 125 mg, Sugar 34 g, TransFat 1/2 g
PEACH KUCHEN
"KUCHEN IS a filling dessert for this German meal. It's not too sweet, and you can use virtually any of you favorite fruits. As a child, I took great pride in arranging the fruit in the pan. We always made this dessert on the same day of the meal so it would be warm and fresh. A dollop of whipped cream on top was an added treat!
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 10 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine flour, confectioners' sugar and salt. Cut in butter to form a dough. Pat lightly into an ungreased 11x7-in. baking pan. , Arrange peaches over the crust; set aside. In another bowl, beat eggs. Whisk in the sugar, salt, flour and sour cream until mixture is smooth. Pour over the peaches. , Bake at 450° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 325°; bake 35 minutes more or until center is set. Serve warm or chilled. Store in the refrigerator.
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PEACH KUCHEN
This is my favorite recipe. It's quick, easy and delicious. I've made it with both canned or fresh peaches
Provided by SHER15
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Peach Dessert Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch springform pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture. Spread dough with hands over the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of prepared springform pan. Arrange peach slices in a spoke pattern over the dough. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 170.3 calories, Carbohydrate 23.4 g, Cholesterol 15.5 mg, Fat 8 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 2.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.4 g, Sodium 159.8 mg, Sugar 14.4 g
PEACH RASPBERRY KüCHEN
Categories Cake Dessert Bake Currant Raspberry Peach Chill Gourmet Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes one 9-inch kuchen
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Make the shell:
- In a small saucepan cook the butter over moderate heat until it is golden brown, being careful not to let it burn, let it cool, and chill it just until it is no longer liquid. (The butter may be browned 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled. Let the butter soften at room temperature before using.) In a bowl cream together the browned butter, the granulated sugar, and the brown sugar and beat in the egg, the vanilla, and the almond extract. Into the bowl sift the flour, the baking powder, and the salt and beast the dough until it is just combined. Chill the dough for 30 minutes and press it onto the bottom and side of a 9-inch tart pan with a removable fluted rim.
- Make the filling:
- In a saucepan of boiling water blanch the peaches for 1 minute, drain them, and refresh them under cold water. Peel the peaches, halve them, and cut 3 of the halves into 1/8-inch-thick slices, reserving the remaining half for another use. Arrange the slices decoratively, overlapping them slightly, in the shell, sprinkle them with the sugar, and bake the kuchen in the lower third of a preheated 375°F. for 20 minutes. Arrange the raspberries decoratively over the peaches and bake the kuchen for 10 minutes more. Transfer the kuchen to a rack, brush the fruit with the jelly, and let the kuchen cool for 15 minutes. Remove the rim of the pan and serve the kuchen warm or at room temperature.
PEAR KUCHEN WITH GINGER TOPPING
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except Ginger Topping, pears, whipping cream and egg yolk in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.Select Dough/Manual cycle. Do not use delay cycles.Remove dough from pan, using lightly floured hands. Cover and let rest 10 minutes on lightly floured surface. Prepare Ginger Topping.Grease rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Press dough evenly in bottom of pan. Arrange pears on dough. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the topping sprinkle remaining topping over pears. Cover and let rise in warm place 30 to 45 minutes or until double. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)Heat oven to 375°. Bake 20 minutes. Mix whipping cream and egg yolk pour over hot kuchen. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with reserved 2 tablespoons topping. Serve warm.For Ginger Topping:Mix all ingredients.1 serving: 230 calories (70 calories from fat) 8g fat (3g saturated) 45mg cholesterol 260mg sodium 38g carbohydrate (2g dietary fiber) 3g protein.SUCCESS TIPPears are flavorful and juicy when at their seasonal peak. If pears are not in season, you can make this kuchen with canned pears. You will need 3 cups of well-drained, canned sliced pears.Try ThisWhen peaches are in season, make this custard-based kuchen with sliced fresh peaches. To peel the peaches easily, drop them into boiling water for just a minute, and then remove them with a large slotted spoon. Immediately place them in iced water to stop the cooking. The peels will slip right off.From "Betty Crocker's Best Bread Machine Cookbook, The Goodness of Homemade Bread the Easy Way." Text Copyright 1999 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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EDNA'S PEACH KUCHEN (VEGAN)
I wanted to try making a Kuchen. I love peaches and this sounded perfect. The original recipe comes from The International Vegetarian Union.
Provided by Chef Joey Z.
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 9 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350'F.
- FOR THE CRUST.
- Place the flour, 1/4 cup sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl and stir together.
- Cut the oil into the flour mixture using a pastry blender or a fork until the mix is crumbly.
- Pat an even layer of the mixture into the bottom of a 8x8x2" baking glass baking dish.
- FOR THE FILLING.
- Place the peach halves in three rows of three cut side down over the bottom crust. Combine the remaining two tablespoons of sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the peaches.
- Put the Kuchen into the oven on the center rack and bake for 15 minutes.
- FOR THE GOLDEN CREAM TOPPING.
- Put the tofu sour cream, maple syrup and turmeric (if using) in a small mixing bowl and stir together until well combined.
- Once the kuchen is finished baking in the oven remove it and put the cream topping over the peaches.
- Return to the oven and bake for another 30 minutes.
- Serve warm or cold.
- Bon Appetit!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 173.3, Fat 0.8, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 141.1, Carbohydrate 40.3, Fiber 4.9, Sugar 19.3, Protein 4.6
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