08Feb
Amaretti peaches with honey & chocolate
An Italian classic with a twist, the perfect end to an Italian Sunday lunch
| PREPARATION ‘ | COOKING TIME ‘ | DIFFICULTY | SERVES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40′-45′ | N/A | EASY | 6 |
| kcal | fat | saturates | carbs | sugars | fibre | protein | salt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 | 11g | 3g | 37g | 16g | 3g | 6g | 0.23g |
Ingredients
- 6 large just ripe but firm peach
- 15 loose (or 9 paper-wrapped) amaretti biscuit
- scant 50g blanched almond
- 85g dark chocolate (minimum 60% cocoa solids), roughly broken
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 tbsp honey – clear or set
To serve
- 500g tub crème fraîche or mascarpone
- a little cocoa powder
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Halve and stone the peaches, then dig out a little flesh from the centre of each half, using a sharp-edged soup spoon. Put flesh and peaches to one side.
- Tip the amaretti, almonds and chocolate into a food processor and pulse until the mixture is like coarse gravel. Add the spooned-out peach flesh, egg and honey and whizz for just a second or two to combine – don’t over-process.
- Spoon the stuffing into the peach halves, mounding it up a little. Arrange the peaches in a single layer in a heavy baking tin, then bake for 25-30 minutes or until the flesh is tender and the stuffing nicely browned. Serve hot, with a dollop of mascarpone or crème fraîche and a dusting of sifted cocoa powder.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2002
