Peach pie with almonds?

[pine time]

I cut beaucoup peaches from my tiny tree, so peach pie is naturally calling my name. I want to have a strong-ish almond flavor with it, so certainly can add almond extract. What about toasted sliced almonds--will they become mush during cooking if added to the peaches? How 'bout a way of incorporating them into the double crust? All ideas welcome! Of course, whipped cream is required, too.

[pine time]

Great ideas. Will indeed do a frangipane next time. Did a traditional 2 crust, subbing some of the AP flour for ground almonds (had plenty of almonds, but no almond flour). Overdid it on the almond flavor in the peach filling, tho--grabbed almond oil instead of extract. Still good, but not exaclty subtle flavors. The peaches from the tree were great--still have many pounds left, so will try more versions. Thanks for all the ideas and subs.

[ipsedixit]

Top it with an almond crumble.

[chinaplate]

Just for another option (since the almond flour crust does sound good), you can do a traditional bottom crust but a almond studded struesel topping.

[Emme]

For a recent contest, I did a Caramel Dusted Peach Frangipane Pie... flaky crust, almond frangipane layer, covered with sliced peaches (roasted first with brown sugar and tossed with vanilla) in a pretty circular pattern; baked and sprinkled with caramel powder (homemade caramel sauced mixed with tapioca maltodextrin).

or you could do a peach pecan praline :)

or, as suggested by you and weezieduzzit, subbing in some almond meal for part of the flour in your crust.

[katecm]

I'd go for the frangipane too. I love Dorie's almond and pear recipe - I bet the peaches would be easy to substitute. http://doriegreenspan.com/2009/01/tue...

[biondanonima]

This sounds similar to a pistachio-apricot tart I had in Paris - a thick layer of pistachio paste covered with cooked apricots in a tart shell. It was DELICIOUS and the almond/peach combo sounds equally divine!

[Emme]

i actually do a frangipane batter -- butter, almond paste, sugar, eggs, vanilla, almond extract, a little flour, salt, etc beaten at each stage to make it light...

dorie's looks good too.

[rockycat]

Nick Malgieri's book, :How to Bake" has a recipe for pistachio apricot tart with a peach variation at the end. It may be what you're looking for. Odd timing...I was double-checking his frangipane recipe this morning and came across that recipe.

[weezieduzzit]

Since I can't have flour anymore I've been using almond meal to make a graham cracker style crust- everyone, including me, has loved it.

[pine time]

thanks--sounds intriguing. Ground almonds, sugar, butter?

[hotoynoodle]

http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/blu...

sub peaches for the blueberries.

replace 1/2 the white flour with almond flour.

replace 1/2 the white sugar with brown sugar. add some ginger to the sugar mix.

this is an infinitely adaptable recipe and we are more crumble peeps, rather than pier peeps here.

[biondanonima]

I've made nut meal crusts before and that's what I do - ground nuts, sugar (or splenda, if I'm avoiding sugar as well as flour) and butter. Very delicious, but much easier to burn than graham crackers - watch it carefully!

[weezieduzzit]

Yes, almond meal (you could grind almonds if you have them,) sugar butter.

I buy bags of almond meal at Trader Joe's for $3.99. Its been handy to have around. It makes good "breading" for chicken, too.

[sbp]

You can buy almond flour, much finer than ground almonds.