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43 Peach Recipes to Make the Most of Your Summer Haul

Pie! Parfait! Cobbler! Cocktails!
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Photo by Peden + Munk, food styling by Sue Li, prop styling by Rebecca Bartoshesky

It’s peak peach season and markets around the country are stocked with reasonably priced fuzzy orange pyramids of happiness. Once you’re stocked we’ve got plenty of recipes to make the most of your haul: blitzed into a summery sorbet, diced into a refreshing chaat, muddled in an adult beverage, and more. So what are you and your 70 local peaches waiting for?

  • Overhead shot of peach pie with two slices cut out and removed to plates the slices are topped with vanilla ice cream.
    Photo by Emma Fishman, food styling by Kat Boystova
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    Peach Pie

    When summer gives you perfect peaches, turn them into this glorious peach pie encased in a flaky all-butter crust.

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  • Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by D'mytrek Brown 
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    Peach Sorbet With Crushed Blackberries

    Turn juicy-sweet peaches into creamy sorbet, no ice cream maker required. 

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  • Photographs by Mamadi Doumbouya, food styling by Pearl Jones, prop styling by Shannon Maldonado
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    Brown Butter Peach Cobbler

    This peach cobbler features a rich milk batter swirled with brown butter and scented with cinnamon and mace.

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  • Photo by Laura Murray, food styling by Sohla El-Waylly
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    Corn and Peach Chaat

    Juicy ripe peaches, raw sweet corn, and roasted peanuts come together in this peak summer snack—a perfect way to refresh after a day in the sun.

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    Peach and Sesame Crumble

    Triple the sesame, triple the fun. Tahini teams up with toasted sesame seeds and toasted sesame oil to balance the sweetness of late summer peaches with rich, earthy nuttiness.

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    Cucumber and Peach Salad with Herbs

    You can use various heirloom cucumbers for this savory-sweet salad recipe; if you can find them, flaunt them.

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    No-Cook Peach Mousse

    This silky dessert is clutch when the peaches are perfect but it's too hot to bake.

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    Peach-Plum Galette

    You can use any combo of stone fruit in this galette, so dream big! Apricots and cherries would be divine. Peaches and nectarines make good friends…

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    Peach-Infused Moonshine

    Adam Perry Lang makes this dangerously drinkable peach infusion with moonshine, a.k.a. "white whiskey"—substitute it for the vodka, if you dare.

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    Skillet Peach Cobbler

    When peaches are in season, there's nothing that tops a classic peach cobbler recipe crisped in a cast-iron pan—but this recipe garners some bonus points with whipped cream doctored with crème fraîche.

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Ali is a writer and editor at Bon Appétit whose culture and lifestyle work includes reporting on the health claims behind fake meats, interviews with opinionated chefs about the evolution of restaurants, personal essays on the intersection of work and identity, and subtle attempts to propagate her favorite Australian foods.... Read more
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