Peach recipe collection

Puchero is to Mexican cooking what Pot-au-Feu is to French. The difference lies in Puchero's imaginative combination of vegetables and fruits. Since it is even more delicious the second day, this recipe will make an ample amount to serve 8 for dinner, with some left over for lunch the following day.

Tender chicken simmered in aromatic saffron-lemon broth with raisins, dried apricots, and warm spices. Topped with toasted almonds for elegant Indian-inspired weeknight dinner.

Frozen fruit salad with strawberry Jello, pink lemonade, whipped topping, peaches, grapes, bananas, and cherries. Molded in a loaf pan and sliced to serve. A retro potluck classic.

Roly-poly peach cobbler: juicy peaches under a biscuit topping rolled jelly-roll style with cinnamon sugar, then sliced into pinwheels. A Southern-style cobbler that looks as good as it tastes.

Pork loin fajitas with a sweet-heat sauce of chunky salsa and peach preserves, loaded with seared peppers, onions, cilantro, and a cool sour cream finish.

Sauteed catfish dredged in thyme-flour, pan-fried golden, then plated under a sweet-tangy ginger peach sauce and toasted pecans. The Southern fish-fry tradition meets summer fruit in one elegant skillet dinner.

Elegant sherried baked fruit with layered pineapple, peaches, apricots, cherries, and spiced apple rings in a buttery brown sugar and sherry sauce. Serves 20 for buffets and dinner parties.

Easy sour cream apple cake with a buttery coconut crust made from yellow cake mix. Cinnamon-dusted apple slices get a tangy sour cream drizzle and bake up golden in under an hour. Serve warm.

Paprika-buttered chicken baked with broccoli and peach halves, topped with a sour cream and Parmesan sauce, then broiled golden with poppy seeds. A retro one-pan dinner ready in an hour.

Sweet potato casserole layered with canned peaches and topped with brown sugar pecans and toasted marshmallows for a Southern holiday classic.

Tender chicken in a creamy curry and sour cream sauce with ginger and cumin, served over rice with homemade peach chutney. A sweet-and-spicy weeknight dinner that comes together fast.

Six cups of fresh strawberries piled into a cream cheese-lined pie shell and drenched in a homemade cooked strawberry glaze. A celebration of peak berry season in every glossy, towering slice.

May use fresh or frozen strawberries, or may substitute other fruit of choice such as blackberries, peaches, etc.

Homemade lemon biscuits split and loaded with mixed summer berries, strawberry puree, and billowy whipped cream. Use whatever seasonal fruit you have for this classic fruit shortcake.

A show-stopping New York-style cheesecake with citrus-scented filling on a buttery graham crust, crowned with raspberry sauce, peach puree, and fresh fruit. Worth every minute of the wait.

Ukrainian cold fruit soup pureed with apples, pears, cherries, plums, and peaches in cinnamon-lemon broth with sweet wine and cranberry juice. A chilled summer soup bursting with orchard flavors.