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Peach Cobbler

A baked dessert of peaches topped with a puff pastry crust.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,308 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Peach Cobbler

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the fruit

  1. Pare and cut the peaches into halves or quarters.

  2. Add sugar, spices, and flavoring to the peaches and stew slightly.

Assemble and bake

  1. Line a deep dish with the puff pastry.

  2. Place the stewed peaches in the lined dish.

  3. Cover with a thick crust of puff pastry.

  4. Bake at 400°F (200°C) until rich brown.

Serve

  1. When done, break up the top crust into small pieces and stir it into the fruit.

  2. Serve hot or cold, with cream or sauce if desired.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Puff pastry
Forms a rich, thick crust that bakes golden and flaky over and under the fruit.
Tart peaches
Provide the main fruit flavor, with tartness that balances the added sugar.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and helps draw out juices as it stews.

The step that matters

Stewing the peaches. Stewing the fruit lightly with sugar softens it and releases juice before baking. Skipping this can leave raw fruit and a watery filling under the crust.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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