Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a rather nostalgic dessert as it reminds me a little of an orange push-up ice cream treat from my childhood. Plus, it is a molded gelatin dessert, which always reminds me of the past. As with other gelatin and fruit dishes, someone might call this a "Jello salad" in the United States. However, this recipe uses an entire quart of orange sherbert in addition to gelatin, so I can not bring myself … Continue Reading about Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert
Spiced Peaches
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As a child, I only remember eating commercially canned peaches at school or, on a rare occasion, in a restaurant. I also remember that I could not believe how awful they tasted compared to the home-canned peaches that I normally ate. As an adult, I realize that my child eats home-canned peaches about as often as I ate commercially canned peaches when I was her age. 🙁 So, I find myself doing things to make the commercially canned peaches more palatable. One of the ways I change-up commercially canned (or home-canned) peaches is to turn them into spiced peaches.
Spiced Peaches are simple to make. The spices are easily adapted to pair better with a particular dish or to individual taste.
They can be eaten as a dessert, a side dish, or a topping on Sweet Tea Pork Chops. They can be eaten warm or cold.
To warm, just place as many as desired in a pan or skillet for a few minutes over medium heat (or indirect heat if using a grill) just until the syrup is warm/hot and the peaches are no longer cold.
Spiced Peaches
June 18, 2018
Ingredients
- 24 to 32 oz. jar or can of peaches in syrup
- 2 star anise
- 8 whole cloves
- 1/2 to 3/4 tsp. ground allspice OR 8 whole allspice berries, slightly cracked
- 1 Tbsp. vinegar
Instructions
- Drain syrup from peaches into a pan.
- Add star anise, cloves, allspice, and vinegar.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Once boiling, reduce heat a simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add peaches and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
- Place peaches and syrup into an appropriate container and allow to cool enough they can be covered and place in the refrigerator.
- Refrigerate 8 hours or more.
- Keep in the refrigerator until they are to be used.
- Serve cold or warm.
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