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Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:41 PM
Last summer I posted a recipe for skillet peach cobbler, which is my favorite peach dessert.
(It’s really wonderful. You should try it!)
But that cobbler requires cooking the topping on the stove for half an hour, which is not fun when it’s extra hot as it’s been this summer. Also, as much as I love that recipe, it’s time-consuming. Who wants to spend extra minutes in a kitchen when it’s 90 degrees outside?
So when I’m craving peach dessert but don’t want to mess around with cobbler, I use a very simple tart recipe that I came across a few years ago. My favorite thing about it is that it doesn’t require any special tools - you just need measuring implements, a bowl, a pan, and a fork. Easy as pie!
Or easy as tart, I mean. I hope you enjoy it!
Simple Peach Tart
adapted from Cooking for Mr. Latte by Amanda Hesser
For crust:
1½ cups flour
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon sugar
½ cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
For topping:
2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small cubes
2 tablespoons flour, plus more if peaches are juicy
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¾ cup sugar
5 ripe peaches, peeled, pitted and cut in 6 slices each
1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Make the crust: In a medium bowl, stir together 1½ cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar. Measure ½ cup oil in a 1-cup liquid measuring cup, then stir in milk and extract. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry, then mix together with a fork. Dump mixture into an 8-inch square pan, and pat to form a crust, pushing it slightly higher around the edges of the pan.
3. Make the topping: In a bowl (you can reuse the one from the previous step) combine ¼ teaspoon salt, ¾ cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons flour. Add butter and use your fingers to pinch into the dry ingredients until the mixture is crumbly and pebbly.*
4. Arrange the peaches in rows on the crust; they should fit snugly. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the fruit. Bake 35-45 minutes, until shiny and bubbly. Cool slightly before serving. It tastes even better with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
*My fingers are not fast or cold enough, because my topping often becomes pasty before it has a chance to get crumbly. Don’t worry if yours does this! My tart always tastes great anyway.
NOTE: In the fall, I’ve substituted apples for the peaches and added cinnamon to the sugar mixture. Apple tart is delicious too!
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