Pork Chops and Fresh Peaches Recipe

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on September 8, 2009

Recipes from Grandma

Brown four pork chops in a skillet.

Place in crockpot.

Place fresh peach halves on top of chops before pouring sauce over them.

Mix and pour this sauce over your pork chops:

1/4 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice and water to make 1/4 cup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves

Cook in crockpot for about 3-1/2 hours on 3 (or medium).

Almond-Streusel Peach Pie Recipe

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on October 6, 2008

Recipes from Grandma

2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
10 tablespoons butter, chilled
2 tablespoons shortening, chilled
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup almonds, sliced
1 lemon
9 peaches, about 3 pounds
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs

Combine 1 cup flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Cut in 4 tablespoons of butter and the shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-sized pieces remaining.

Sprinkle in 3 to 4 tablespoons ice water, a tablespoon at a time, until dough just comes together. Gather into a disk.

Wrap and chill at least 30 minutes.

Combine remaining cup of flour, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.

Cut in remaining 6 tablespoons of butter until crumbly.

Stir in almonds.

Chill.

On a lightly floured work surface, roll out chilled pie pastry to fit a 9″ pie pan. Fit pastry into pan. Trim and flute edges.

Chill.

Grate 1 teaspoon of lemon zest from the lemon, and squeeze 1 tablespoon of juice.

Peel peaches and slice.

Combine with remaining 2/3 cup brown sugar, remaining 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, lemon zest and juice, cornstarch and almond extract.

Sprinkle bread crumbs over bottom of pie shell and fill with peach mixture.

Sprinkle almond crumb mixture on top.

Bake 15 minutes at 475 degrees.

Reduce temperature to 350.

Continue baking until top is browned and fruit juices are bubbling, 50 to 55 minutes.

Cool completely before cutting.