Quick recipe finder Baked peaches with crushed amaretti

Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

10 to 30 mins

Serves

Serves 4

Recommended by

3 people

Dietary

Vegetarian

Baking peaches will make even slightly hard and unsweet peaches delicious! Warm, soft with their sugars concentrated – they are a joy.

By Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi From Return to Tuscany

Ingredients

• 50g/2oz butter
• 12 amaretti biscuits, crushed
• 2 tbsp honey, plus extra for drizzling
• good dash vin santo, or similar sweet dessert wine, plus extra for drizzling
• 4 peaches, halved and stones removed
• demerara sugar, to sprinkle

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

2. Melt the butter in a saucepan, but do not let it brown.

3. Mix together the crushed amaretti biscuits, the melted butter, honey and a dash of vin santo in a bowl.

4. Place a heaped teaspoon of the mixture onto the flat side of each of the peach halves and place on a baking tray.

5. Sprinkle with demerara sugar and drizzle with more honey and vin santo.

6. Bake in the oven for 15-30 minutes until golden. Serve.