Plum and Peach Kuchen
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: German-American
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 1¼ cup organic unbleached white flour (King Arthur)
  • ⅓ cup organic cane sugar (I usually use Florida Crystals)
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted organic butter (Horizon or Organic Valley), chilled
  • 1 free range egg plus 1 egg yolk
  • ¼ cup organic 2% milk (approximately - see recipe below)
  • ½ teaspoon organic almond extract (Simply Organics)
  • ½ teaspoon organic vanilla extract (Earth Fare)
  • Grated zest from one organic orange
  • 8-10 organic plums, pitted and quartered
  • 2-3 organic peaches, pitted and sliced
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted organic butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon organic cane sugar
  • ½ teaspoon organic cinnamon (Earth Fare)
  • ⅛ teaspoon organic nutmeg (Earth Fare)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and lightly butter a quiche dish, pie pan, or gratin pan - your choice! I just think that something round or oval will be prettier than using a rectangular Pyrex baking dish, but that is certainly possible too.
  2. Make your batter in the food processor by combining the flour, sugar, and sea salt. Cut the cold butter lengthwise into quarters, and then chop into small pieces. Add the butter to the flour/sugar mixture in short pulses to incorporate and make fine crumbs.
  3. Put the egg and egg yolk into a one cup liquid measure, and beat lightly with a fork. Add enough milk to make ½ cup of total liquid. Mix in the almond extract, vanilla extract, and orange zest.
  4. Add the liquid mixture to your flour/sugar/butter mixture and make a thick dough. It will be a little sticky, but if it is too sticky to work with, add another tablespoon or two of flour.
  5. Put a little flour on your hands, and take the dough out of the food processor. Pat the dough into the baking dish you've chosen and build up the edges just a bit to create a rim.
  6. Place your fruit on top of the dough in whatever decorative pattern pleases you. Just make sure they are packed in nice and tight!
  7. Add the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the melted butter, and brush it on top of your lovely fruit.
  8. Bake for about 45 minutes until the crust is golden and the fruit is soft. It will smell heavenly when you take it out of the oven, but restrain yourself from cutting into it immediately. Let it cool for about 10 minutes or so, and then dish it up and be prepared for compliments from your surprised family that something this simple can taste so good.
Notes
© 2016 Nancy Olah
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Recipe by Fool a Carnivore at https://foolacarnivore.com/plum-and-peach-kuchen/