it has been a busy week at work and (for me) it’s not over for two more days. sigh. however, i did escape to the thursday night farmer’s market in sparks’ victorian square. sparks is to reno what st. paul is to minneapolis–kind of, but on a much smaller scale and weirder. the victorian square market is essentially a large street party with lots of beer and food and a little produce. basically its an excuse to start the weekend early behind the guise of “farmer’s market”.
i have not been to this market for a few years for a few reasons, 1. it is way too hot to shop for produce on the blacktop at 4pm, 2. i don’t fancy teens soliciting alcohol from myself or my friends, 3. there is not much produce.
having said that, i went anyway just to hang out with my friends (katie and josh are pictured) and have a few drinks. i did walk away with some tasty almonds, nice strawberries, pickling cucumbers (for kimchi, hopefully), and some really delish peaches. i didn’t make anything fancy with the peaches, just soft whipped cream and crunchy almond-graham topping. maybe next time i will make something more exciting…and go to the saturday morning market…and have drinks on my balcony instead.
peahes, cream and crunchy almond-graham topping
this is not really much of a recipe, but it was pretty tasty. i think i will use this graham topping for other applications in the future.
2-3 ripe peaches, halved and cut into slices
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tbsp vanilla sugar (or regular sugar), divided
3 graham crackers, crushed into a fine crumb
2 tbsp butter, cut into pieces
1 tbsp flour
1/4 cup slivered almonds
preheat oven to 450
whip cream, adding 1 tbsp sugar after very soft peak forms. whip to desired peak. refrigerate until ready to assemble.
places graham cracker crumbs, sugar, flour, almonds, and butter into a bowl. combine with fingers until a varied crumble is formed. spread evenly in a thin layer on a baking sheet. bake for 10 mins and cool.
break up cooled topping with fingers. layer peaches, cream and topping in serving dishes and enjoy!
Kevin
That peach dessert looks really good!
Steph
Using graham cracker crumbs for a topping is such a great idea! I love how you add peaches to your dessert – healthifying it!