Peach Dessert

In Turkiye, fruit desserts are very popular in hot summer days.  Peach season which is now in Ontario, I decided to make this very light and easy summer dessert.  It is always a favorite at my house.

Peaches

Brown sugar (I used 1 teaspoon for each half of the peach)

Cinnamon

Presentation:

Whipped cream

Optionally: ice cream and/or ground filbrets

• Peel the peaches, split them in half and remove the seed 
• Put them in a glass pan
• Add water enough to reach half the peaches
• Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamin
• Preheat oven to 350
• Cook until peaches are really soft (~45 min)
• Cool and leave (covered) in the fridge about 2 hours until really cold
• Decorate with Whipped cream and serve

MILKY SEMOLINA DESERT (SUTLU IRMIK TATLISI)

This is the basic recipe for this desert.  Nice part of this desert is it is extremely easy to make.  Not many ingredients but it can be dressed and shaped many different ways.  For example, you can add fruits like bananas or cookies in the middle or at the top or top it with jams.  For this time, I chose the basic recipe with chopped walnuts and cinnamon at the top.

4 cups milk

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup semolina
1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon butter

vanilla essence 

decorate with cinnamon and chopped walnuts

• Mix cold milk, sugar and semolina bring to boil
• Reduce heat and cook until you see bubbles.  You will need to continually stir while cooking to make sure there are no lumps
• Mix egg yolk with a bit of "pudding" to make sure egg mixes through properly without cooking immediately and add it to your pot
• Add butter and vanilla and cook for another minute
• Rinse your pan in cold water before pouring your batter into the pan
• Leave in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving
• You can make a day ahead.  After a couple of hours in the fridge make sure it is covered
• Decorate with cinnamon or chocolate and walnuts before serving

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EASY APPLE CRUMBLE

Apple crumble is a good way to use the old apples in your fridge.  Best part is, it is extremely easy to make.   This is my husband's favourite desert.  Best served with ice cream of course.

2.5 cups peeled and cut apples

2 - 3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 tablespoons water

Topping

2 tablespoons unsalted butter (room temperature)

2 tablespoons of brown sugar

4 tablespoons of oat meal

2 tablespoons of flour (whole wheat flour is best)

• Preheat oven to 375
• Peel and cut apples and put in a pan with 2 tablespoons of water
• Add sugar.  If you are using sweet apples, use 2 tablespoons but if they are more sour, use 3 tablespoons of sugar
• Add cinnamon
• Cook apples for 5 minutes at medium temperature (until soft)
• Transfer apples to an oven proof dish.  This recipe is for 4 servings so I used a mid sized pyrex bowl
• Mix all of the topping ingredients with your hands or a fork.  These are your "crumbs"
• Cover the apples with the crumbs
• Bake for 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown
• Enjoy them warm with ice cream
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