Classic Peach Pie

As you all know, I am a girl from the southern part of the United States, which makes peaches near and dear to my heart. Finally it is peach season where I live now and I was able to whip up a classic peach pie. Simple ingredients, simple process, terrific results, what could be better?

I leave you with another Mary Oliver poem:

The Summer Day

Mary Oliver

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

Classic Peach Pie

Classic Peach Pie

Peachberry Pie

As you all know, I am a girl from the southern part of the United States, which makes peaches near and dear to my heart. The month of June brings out the strongest yearning for fresh juicy peaches in the hot sunshine. Yummy. This pie is one of my favorite ways to cook with peaches.

Peachberry Pie

Peachberry Pie

Almond Peach Brown Butter Tart

Next week will kick off the official peach season for the south eastern portion of the United  States. Though I no longer live there, I remember this time of year with fondness. I was lucky enough to grow up with my very own peach tree in my back yard and have fond memories of climbing the tree to shake the branches with the full weight of my body, hoping that a fully ripe peach would fall to the ground. A true prize, biting into the perfect peach, my body would lean forward to let the juice fall away from clothes, the sign of real southern belle.

Peaches are something that I hold near and dear to my heart and my family will occasionally surprise me with a whole box of them. The following tart is a great recipe when you have perfectly ripe peaches, as it showcases their fresh flavor without cooking them. The nuttiness of the browned butter with the fruity undertones of almond extract mixes with the fresh citrus flavors of the peaches to create the most delightful combination. Yummy, can’t wait for peach season to arrive here, but this is for all of you lucky people that have those wonderful little peaches at your disposal right now.

Almond Peach Brown Butter Tart

For the crust: