Streusel Topped Baked Peaches With Sorghum Glaze Food

BAKED PEACHES WITH GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Arrange the oven racks in the center and lower third of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Nestle the peaches, cut-side up, in a small baking dish. Drizzle with the honey and dot with 2 tablespoons of the butter cut into small pieces. Pour 2 tablespoons water into the bottom of the dish and cover tightly with aluminum foil. Place on the center rack and bake until the peaches are soft, 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
• While the peaches bake, make the crumble topping. Put the graham crackers in a small plastic bag and coarsely crush with a rolling pin or can. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a medium bowl in the microwave. Add the crushed graham crackers, pecans and sugar and toss until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is combined. Line a baking sheet with foil and spread the crumble mixture on the sheet. Bake on the lower rack until toasted, stirring every 5 minutes, 12 to 15 minutes. Let the crumble cool on the sheet; it will continue to crisp as it cools.
• For each serving, put 2 peach halves and a spoonful of juices from the pan in a shallow bowl and top with a spoonful of ice cream or yogurt and a sprinkling of crumble.

STREUSEL

Steps:

• To make the streusel: Put the flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl and mix everything together by running the ingredients through your fingers. Drop in the butter and squeeze and rub the cubes into the mixture until you have a sandy mix. If you press a little streusel together, you'll get lumps, which is just what you want. Drizzle the vanilla over the streusel and toss, squeeze and rub to distribute it. Cover the bowl and chill the streusel until needed. (You can make the streusel up to 1 week ahead; pack it in an airtight container and keep it refrigerated.)

CURRY RUBBED SMOKED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH SORGHUM-CHILE GLAZE

Steps:

• For the chicken thighs: Bring 4 cups water, salt and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan. Cook until the salt and sugar dissolve, about 2 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and cool completely. Put the chicken in a bowl and add the cooled brine. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes and up to 1 hour. Remove the chicken from the brine, rinse well and pat dry.
• Meanwhile, for the sorghum-chile glaze: Combine 1 tablespoon water, the sorghum, chile de arbol and sprinkle with salt and pepper over low heat in a small saucepan. Cook the glaze until syrupy. Set aside 1/3 cup glaze.
• For the curry rub: Combine the ancho chile, coriander, cumin, fennel, salt, turmeric, cardamom, cloves, pepper and chile de arbol in a small bowl. Rub each chicken thigh with some of the spice rub and brush with the oil.
• Prepare the kettle grill or smoker for indirect grilling, with medium-high heat over the coals. Put the chicken skin-side down over the direct heat and cook until just crsipy, about 5 minutes. Flip the chicken and cook, about 2 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a platter.
• Scatter the apple wood chips over the coals. Return the chicken to the grill over the indirect heat. Cover the grill. Cook the chicken between 250 and 275 degrees F, until a thermometer inserted in the chicken registers 160 degrees F, 45 to 50 minutes. At about 30 minutes, brush the chicken with some of the sorghum-chile glaze. Just before removing the chicken from the grill, brush with more of the sorghum-chile glaze again.
• Transfer the chicken to a platter and drizzle some of the reserved sorghum-chile glaze on top.

ROASTED-PEACH STREUSEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
• Drizzle 2 tablespoons butter over bottom of a 9-inch baking dish or pie plate and arrange peach halves cut sides up.
• Pulse almonds, flour, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and remaining 3 tablespoons butter in a food processor until clumps form.
• Top peaches with streusel and bake until peaches are tender and streusel is browned, about 20 minutes (if browning too quickly, loosely cover with foil).
• Meanwhile, whip cream with almond extract and remaining tablespoon sugar until it just holds soft peaks.
• Serve peaches warm with cream.