When I was a kid if you asked me what my favourite fruit was I would answer with zero hesitation: cherries.
Today the answer is a little more complicated. It varies from month to month. In June I think strawberries are the greatest thing ever. Once July comes around my attention is divided between raspberries and cherries. In August I eat Lac St Jean Blueberries by the handful.
I’d like to say that peaches are on my list, but I’ve found it increasingly difficult to find good peaches in the last few years. I remember eating Niagara peaches from those pretty little baskets when I was young that were incredibly sweet and bursting with flavour. Lately I’ve found them to hard and tasteless; so disappointing I would rarely buy them. This weekend I had a peach that brought me back to my childhood. It was exactly the flavours I remembered. These weren’t from Niagara; I don’t know where they were from (unless Costco is a country).
Fruit that good cannot be allowed to go to waste so I used a few in a crisp. I decided to add a few cherries to please my inner child as well.I flavoured the fruits with almond extract and added some almond meal to the crisp topping. If you can find oats that haven’t been in contact with wheat this dessert is a great gluten free treat.
Peach Cherry Crisp
- 3 large peaches, sliced
- 1 cup cherries, pitted and halved
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp almond extract (or 1 tbsp amaretto)
- 2 cups oats
- 1/3 cup almond meal
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup butter, cold and cut into cubes
- Preheat the oven to 375 F
- In a bowl toss the fruit with 1 tbsp sugar and the almond extract. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix the oats, almond meal, cinnamon and salt together. Add the butter, then using your fingers tips cut the butter into the oat mixture. It should clump together when combined
- Pour the fruit into a baking dish or pie plate, top with the oat mixture.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
- Serve warm or cold.
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Sounds absolutely delicious, the picture is beautiful!
I love this recipe. My two fave fruits in one dish. You did a great job and your pics are outstanding. Love, love, love rainier cherries.
Cherries and Peach. Love those fruits together, especially in a crisp or crumble. And great image!
This makes everything so clomeptely painless.
The picture is perfect. Such a great summer dessert.
Gorgeous photography! Peaches are definitely summer :)
Gorgeous! As it happens, I just bought large baskets of both peaches and cherries on the weekend… I must have been picking up a vibe from you. :) I have a feeling this crisp will be making an appearance very soon.
BTW, the Niagara peaches can be hit and miss, depending on the year. They were fantastic this year, and if this first basket I just bought is any indication, this year’s will be very good too.
LOL at the Costco comment. The pictures you took are sensational. And the dessert–fabulous as always.
This looks too pretty to eat! I’m hoping to get some more good peaches before the summer is out and will have to make this!
This looks so tempting! Gorgeous and delicious!
I like that this does not have a lot of syrup to it, just pure fruit and topping. You pictures are tempting, yum!
What a nice combination – peaches and cherries! Like the almond meal in the topping.
There are so many great fruits in summer it’s really impossible to pick a favorite. I did just have the best nectarine I’ve had in ages though the other day, oh and a fabulous apricot too. And I’ve got some extra cherries lying around that would be perfect for this crisp!
OMG where’s a spoon…
The combination of peaches and cherries is so visually appealing as a summer dish! I’m sure its pretty tasty, as well :)
I have sooo many favorite fruits i couldn’t tell you wich one i preffer but i can tell you cherries and peaches are a great combination! Love it
Same here Valerie! too many fruits to adore! But this combination is splendid! ANd mainly it’s simple and healthy! I will cook today :-) Thak you <3!
Just beautiful! Too bad you’ve found peaches lackluster in recent years, but can you get yourself to a fruit farm? I once lived near a you-pick farm, and those were the fuzziest, juiciest, biggest peaches I have ever had.
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