There are some fruits in particular that have an inner glow. Light does not shine on them, but come from within. Summer peaches are one such fruit. They are ageless, timeless and have an art-historical romance that is inherent.
I made my weekly pilgrimage to the Downtown Nashville Farmer’s Market to buy a paper sack of peaches from “The Peach Truck”. This is a weekly affair as long as they are on offer. I enjoy creating simple, delicious recipes using these peaches that do not cover up the natural flavors.
This is how it easy it is to make my “My-Oh-My A Little Peach Pie”. The ingredients are Peaches, sugar, frozen puff pastry and fresh lavender flowers.
Frozen puff pastry is readily available in most supermarkets. Look for brands that use real butter such as Dufour. I keep a box of this in my freezer at all times. Just follow the package directions and you can’t go wrong.
Do you peel ripe peaches? I do not unless the peel is very tough. In this case the lightly fuzzy peel was very soft and edible.
Muscovado sugar with its hint of molasses & white sugar flavored with fresh lemon zest….fresh lavender flowers….and ripe peaches.
I used the puff pastry scraps to top off this free-form pie.
Not overly sweet with just a hint of molasses-dark brown sugar & lavender made this peach pie come alive.
Here, have a bite….
“From blossoms comes, this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the boy at the bend in the road where we turned toward signs painted Peaches. From “Blossoms” By Li-Young Lee
My-Oh-My A Little Peach Pie
Ingredients:
- 4-5 ripe, but firm peaches, rinsed, patted dry & sliced
- 1 pkg frozen puff pastry dough, thawed according to pkg directions
- 1/3 cup white sugar flavored with 1 tsp lemon zest, divided
- 3 Tbsps Muscovado sugar (or dark brown sugar)
- 1 Tbsp fresh lavender flowers (or 1 tsp dried)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Unfold thawed puff pastry dough onto a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper placed on kitchen counter. Cut dough into a 10 inch square using a sharp knife. (Roll out somewhat using a rolling-pin if necessary.) Save scraps for topping pie.
- Lift edges of parchment paper and place dough on a baking sheet & sprinkle surface with 2 Tbsp of the white lemon sugar.
- Arrange peach slices on top of dough leaving a 1 1/2 to 2 inch border uncovered. Sprinkle peaches with Muscovado sugar and half the lavender flowers.
- Arrange scrap strips of puff pastry dough over top of peaches and fold bottom edges of dough up and over the edges of the filling. Sprinkle the dough with the remaining white lemons sugar and lavender flowers.
- Bake for about 30-35 minutes or until puff pastry dough is golden brown and crispy. Remove pie from oven and cool on a rack for a bit before serving. Wonderful warm with a scoop of ice cream or as is which is my favorite way to enjoy this seasonal dessert.
For Lemon Sugar to use in this or other desserts: add fresh lemon zest to white sugar and stir….use in your desserts to brighten up the flavors.
Recipe by: Teresa Blackburn June 2015
Looks lovely 😊
Fresh lavender flowers! How lovely in a peach pie. Wonderful post, I love the look of your pie and with a hint of molasses I can tell it was to die for!
You are torturing me Teresa by offering a bite! Nothing like a fresh peach pie and I would love some! The lavender sounds lovely with the peaches. I was actually thinking of you today when I drove out to a farm 20 miles away to get local strawberries FINALLY! Stores still had cello CA ones and I was growing impatient since you seduced us with your strawberries weeks ago. Now you’ll have me dreaming of peaches and I will have to be patient for quite some time again. Making strawberry shortcake cookies tomorrow so stay tuned! 🙂
yummy! looks so good! <3 yum!
very, very sexy looking pie…nice one:)
This looks delicious! I wish I had a little slice of it now with my coffee this morning 🙂
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Wow, my grand mother is a Blackburn and on one of your pictures it is written Dufour, my last name. Brilliant recipe ❤️
Looks amazing and easy!
another must-make, but with southern california peaches!!!
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OMG ñam ñam .. look amazing
Beautiful! I don’t believe I’ve heard of the puff pastry you mention though. I usually have Pepperidge Farm on hand, I’ll have to look for the other. Love the hint of lavender.
So fun to see what’s (soon) coming our way! And wasn’t Dufour frozen puff pastry a game changer?
The rose you made with slices of peaches looks beautiful. I wouldn’t have cover it with pastry if I were you. Looks yummy! It’s nice to treat ourselves with a slice of a nice pastry and tea once in a while, isn’t it. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Beautiful!!
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These photos make me want to get in the kitchen and bake this pie. I love your blogs and your photography…so beautiful!
This pie looks DELICIOUS! Anything with peach is a win for me.. especially in the summertime! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
I think the best peaches I ever tasted were when we visited South Carolina last year.
This looks delicious!!