Baked peaches with crushed amaretti
Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 4
Dietary Vegetarian
From Return to Tuscany
Baking peaches will make even slightly hard and unsweet peaches delicious! Warm, soft with their sugars concentrated - they are a joy.
Method
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Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
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Melt the butter in a saucepan, but do not let it brown.
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Mix together the crushed amaretti biscuits, the melted butter, honey and a dash of vin santo in a bowl.
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Place a heaped teaspoon of the mixture onto the flat side of each of the peach halves and place on a baking tray.
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Sprinkle with demerara sugar and drizzle with more honey and vin santo.
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Bake in the oven for 15-30 minutes until golden. Serve.
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
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