Peaches

I love peaches in the summer time. So good. So Juicy. We drove down to Fort Mill this weekend because South Carolina peaches always seem to be so yummy. The grocery store just seems to be so tricky with peaches. A few weeks ago we were in the store and the peaches smelled divine. I had to have some, we bought four and brought them home to eat. I am sad to say, I was disappointed they just were not sweet- it could have been too early, I am not sure but I am convinced that it was because they did not come from a road side stand. Sometimes you just have to drive to get what you want.

To start with we made peach cobbler. The thought of which makes my mouth water now. I will say peach cobbler is not the most photogenic. Maybe I should have taken a picture before we cut into it but then you could not tell what lurked beneath. It may not have looked beautiful but it was delicious. I probably could have eaten just this for dinner.

I have to admit now for the record- I love kitchen gadgets more than the average person should. I mean a few weeks ago I had to go to Austin for work. There is a huge outlet mall there. It has a Williams-Sonoma outlet store. I had never seen one of these before. I was not aware they existed. It was mythical. It was beautiful- All Clad 40% off, sale sale and more sale. It made me want to weep. One problem with being halfway across the country- US Air not a big fan of you bringing half of Williams-Sonoma home with you. So all I could do is look and not buy. It was a sad day for me. Of course, I made up for it by buying other things.

Ok I have digressed, back to the gadgets. This weekend I decided I needed an ice cream maker. I use the word need loosely. So off to Williams-Sonoma we went. Since I had all of these beautiful peaches, I decided on something that required peaches. No not peach ice cream, much to Chris' dismay. Although I promised him next weekend. In the August 2009 edition of "La Cuncina Italiana", I had seen lemon and basil sorbet with peaches. The machine made sorbet in less than 25 minutes I was impressed

On with the Sorbet, it was interesting. I enjoy basil and I enjoy lemon but the two together in a sorbet- interesting. Not bad. Just different. After dinner, and letting the sorbet harden up some, I put the sorbet on one of the gorgeous peaches and proceeded to dig in. This combination was much better than the sorbet on its own. The three flavors worked together and I did not have a problem finishing the bowl.