Recipe: Peach Crostata with Spiced Marscarpone

by Anna Mowry on September 10, 2012

 

When Labor Day passes and hot days are on the wane, we always find that our trips to the farmers' market start to resemble a contact sport: everyone is urgently lunging for dwindling tomatoes and fruit, desperate to savor anything that hints at summer. And if we do manage to emerge from the chaos with some coveted produce, we want to use our haul in low-effort, big-flavor dishes that will hold us over until next July.

 

If you manage to snatch up some end-of-season peaches (or any other stone fruit, for that matter), this no-frills crostata from Mike Isabella is a more than worthy application. Isabella tosses peach slices in a spice mixture of toasted allspice, juniper berries, and black peppercorns, then nestles them in a pleated sheet of standard-issue pie dough. (Use your food processor to make it in minutes.) He then folds the remaining seasonings into whipped and sweetened mascarpone,... Read more >

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August's Best Recipes

by jbfauthor on September 06, 2011

Nicholas Farina's fried peaches with cinnamon ice cream

Here are our recipe tester’s favorite recipes from the past month:

Warm Sheep's Milk Feta with Apricot Tapenade If you can find it, use sheep's milk feta cheese in this unique starter from Israeli chef Erez Komarovsky. Its sweetness provides a strong foil to the puckery tartness of the roasted and dried apricots. Summer Ratatouille Bruschetta with Pecorino Yankee Stadium chef Kevin Harry rounds up the fleeting flavors of summer in this delicious recipe for classic bruschetta.

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Recipe: Fried Peaches with Cinnamon Ice Cream

by jbfauthor on August 17, 2011

It’s hard to improve upon a perfectly ripe peach—an earthly boon that Alice Waters champions as “the most delicious food”—but Nicholas Farina’s recipe for fried peaches might just manage it. The chef of Verdad Restaurant & Tequila Bar batters up juicy yellow peach halves and fries them until golden and gently crispy, then crowns them with scoops of custardy cinnamon ice cream. It's a tasty dessert that’s sure to test all minimalist resolves.

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Peach Recipes

by jbfauthor on August 01, 2011

In case your next farmers’ market haul leaves you with more of these fuzz-cloaked fruits than you can manage to eat out of hand, we’ve got a few recipes that make the most of their intense and juicy sweetness. Peach Galette This pretty, rustic tart from JBF vice president Mitchell Davis brims with layers of syrupy peaches and blanched almonds, all tucked within a no-fuss, free-form shell. Peaches and Cream In this reconsidered classic, JBF Award winner Thomas Keller macerates peaches in lemon juice and balsamic vinegar, then dollops them with whipped mascarpone cream for a taste of summer unlike one you’ve ever had. Peach Shortcake with Sherried Whipped Cream James

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