"Wearin' a new rig, huh? Sure looks pretty!" -Annie Oakley (1935)
Barbara Stanwyck is awfully cute as Annie Oakley in this movie from 1935 about Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show. Annie comes from a poor country family and becomes an excellent rifle woman as a result of shooting birds and animals to help feed her family. In fact, such a good shot that she takes the title away from the best rifle man in the country and becomes the star of a Wild West show.
After her success, she buys herself a new hat, referred to as a 'new rig' by Toby Walker, the man whose title she takes. But even though she beats him at his own game, he can't resist a pretty woman in a new hat!
I can't resist the easy, light as air dessert, Claufoutis. It can be made with any stone fruit in season, my favorite is made with organic peaches from a local farm. It is important to use organic peaches because commercially raised fruit can have traces of up to 64 chemicals on the skin that are used while raising the fruit. Same with apricots, plums or cherries. All are excellent in Claufoutis.
Peach Claufoutis
Serves 4 people
1 lb. organic peaches, halved and pitted
zest of 1 lemon
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs, separated
3 tbs. sugar
2 tbs. Zazu & Violets' all purpose gluten free flour mix
1/3 cup cream + 1/2 cup for whipping
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a baking dish and arrange the peaches cut side down. Sprinkle over the lemon zest, juice and the 1/3 cup sugar. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes until the fruit is tender. Butter another baking dish and arrange the peaches cut side down. Save the accumulated juices in a small saucepan.
Turn the oven up to 375 degrees.
Beat the egg yolks with the 3 tbs. of sugar until light and pale yellow. Add the flour and 1/3 cup cream. Beat the whites until soft peaks form. Add a little of the whites to the yolk mixture to lighten it, then carefully fold in the rest of the beaten whites. Pour over the prepared fruit, leaving the top of the fruit exposed. Bake for 20 minutes until it is puffed up and golden brown. Reduce the fruit juices in the saucepan to a syrup Whip the remaining 1/2 cup of cream with the reduced fruit syrup and serve with the warm claufoutis. It is also delicious cold from the fridge for breakfast if there happens to be some left-over.
It is a perfect summer dessert...or breakfast!
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