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July 21, 2016

Fresh Peach Caramels

ejFRESHPEACHCARAMELSJuly’s ingredients for the Improv Cooking Challenge are PEACHES & CREAM. Initially, I was quite excited for this challenge because I have a lovely white peach tree in my garden. Sadly, however, the fruit never set on after it blossomed early Spring, peachblossom& now it looks like this:deadpeach
Never fear… a #10 of Del Monte canned diced peaches is available at Costco any time of year… ejFRESHPEACHCARAMELS (2)So that’s what I used for the Peach Caramel Rum Sauce.saucy1Darn heat/humidity! The “caramels” refused to set up overnight… But it did make a lovely sauce to spoon over vanilla bean ice cream!ejFRESHPEACHCARAMELS (32)

Determined to fix caramels with fresh peaches, I bought a few pounds at Sprouts. After peeling/pitting four of them, the halves were tossed into the blender to make the purée. blendedThe (nearly 2 1/2 cups) purée was slowly cooked down to 1/2 cup ejFRESHPEACHCARAMELS (22)(took almost 2 hours over medium-low heat on a humid day…)recipeThis is the recipe I used, and the following pics will illustrate the steps:
Stir the sugar & corn syrup into the peach reduction. Cook over medium-low heat until thermometer reaches 234°.ejFRESHPEACHCARAMELS (23)Without breaking the boil, stir in 1/2 cup of cream. Return to 234°.ejFRESHPEACHCARAMELS (24)Again, stir in the last 1/2 cup of cream, but this time let the thermometer reach 244°. Pour into buttered 8x8 pan.ejFRESHPEACHCARAMELS (25)Allow to cool & slice into caramels.
ejFRESHPEACHCARAMELS (27)As you can see, these caramels remained a little soft in our desert heat, but they tasted soooooooo good!
ImprovCookingChallenge…and now, here are some more PEACHES & CREAM recipes from my fellow bloggers:

9 comments:

  1. I almost made peach caramels! They look so good...and over ice cream? oh, my.

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    1. Thanks, Nichole!
      And thanks for the awesome linky party -- great job for your first round-up!

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  2. Holy Samoly, what a creative recipe for these ingredients. Love it!!

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    1. Thank you, Wendy -- so glad you joined us this month!

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  3. Peach caramels? Wow! That is so awesome, Melody! Sorry about your tree. Better luck next year!

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  4. They look fabulous even if they are a little soft from that doggone humidity. I bet they were absolutely scrumptious.

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  5. Even soft, they look amazing! I am looking forward to trying your recipe!

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