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 deliciousness
Enjoy!
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