Okay, so I lied. This is what I made for dessert on the boy's birthday. I wasn't going to blog this as I wasn't happy with the quality of the photo - this was from the first batch and I was slightly drunk at this point so no longer capable of perfect operation of a camera. However, the boy said the photo looked great so the recipe gets to see the light of day.
I wanted a dessert that was special enough to be a treat, wasn't horribly sweet, and which would complement the bottle of Sauternes I had bought. As the boy in question loves peaches (though, I suspect is more partial peach iced tea) this seemed like the perfect solution. If you've had a large or indulgent meal, two peaches will easily serve four people. However, if you're still hungry, one each is plenty.
Ingredients (serves 2-4):
2 peaches
6 amaretti biscuits
25g unsalted butter
1 tbsp honey
1 dsp sweet white wine
2 tsp demerera sugar
Method:
Preheat the oven to 175°C. While the oven is heating up, crumble the amaretti biscuits into a bowl then melt the butter in a saucepan. Mix together the biscuits, butter, honey and sweet white wine, then slice the peaches in half, remove the stones and place cut side up in an oven-proof dish.
Spoon a heaped teaspoon onto the flat side of each of the peach halves, then drizzle with a little more sweet white wine and honey. Sprinkle with demerera sugar and then bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until the topping turns golden. Serve with ice cream or crème fraîche and a glass of lightly chilled sweet white wine.
Wow I will definitely be trying this it looks great!
ReplyDeleteWonderful dessert!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great!! I will definately try it!! My family LOVES all kinds of fruit desserts!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, this sounds yummy! And because it's mostly fruit - I can pretend it's healthy!
ReplyDeletexox Lexi
Glitter & Pearls
this looks soooo good! in the summer we whack peaches on the bbq and then have them with ice cream which is amazing!xx
ReplyDeleteI love the thought of the amaretti and peach combo. So delicious.
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