Monsoon Sunday

So there was lightning thunder and lots and lots of rain. Monsoonal weather is kind of sexy at least I think so. So what to do? Not what you are thinking you naughty little kittens. I made strawberry nectarine crumble with clove and cinnamon.

There was also almond clove whipped cream....can you say yum?

one pint of whipping cream

one tablespoon of powdered sugar

a dash of almond extract

a dash of powdered clove

whip it up in your blender until it well looks like whipping cream.

I just kind of made up the recipe.

As you can tell it was a hit.

The crumble was made with

one stick of cubed butter

one cup rice flour

one teaspoon salt

one half teaspoon of cinnamon and clove

half a cup of oats

half a cup of slice almonds

one third cup brown sugar

i mixed it with my fingers until it was clumpy. spread on your filling before putting into oven.

The filling was easy

one pound hulled strawberries

two pound sliced nectarines

quarter cup of cornstarch

one teaspoon sugar

half teaspoon of cinnamon and clove

one teaspoon of almond extract.

mix it together and fill your over proof dish or dishes. I also preheated my oven to 350 f and cooked them for about 40 minutes until they were bubbly. I got my small ceramic tart pans from ikea.I didnt add a lot of sugar because i hate really sweet fruit filling. I thought the crumble topping and whipping cream made up for that.you could also use more or less of the spice but since my chlidren havent really experienced clove i didnt want to overwhelm there palate so they hate clove later.

What to do with the pits and skins???? Throw them in a pan with a half a cup of brown sugar a few strawberries and some powdered clove. Fill pan with water until everything is just covered. Boil away stirring so it doesnt stick to bottom of pan. you may have to lower the heat to medium. When its thick and syrupy it should be done. Be sure to chop up the skins as well. The skins should start to break down and the meat of the fruit should start to come off of the pits you can help out with a wooden spoon by scraping them. It makes about a half of cup of pure deliciousnessEnjoy!