Almond Peaches with Amaretti Filling
"This is a DELICIOUS recipe I found in Complete Italian Cooking by Sonja Grey. The book says that these are a specialty of the Piedmont region in the north of italy."
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 large firm peaches, halved and pitted
- 6 amaretti cookies, crushed
- 2 tablespoons superfine sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 egg yolk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh lemon rind, finely grated
- sliced almonds (optional)
- light cream
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Scoop a little flesh from center of each peach half, and put in a bowl.
- Add the cookie crumbs, sugar, and 2 Tablespoons softened butter, yolk, lemon rind; beat until smooth.
- Divide the mixture among the peach halves, evenly-- shaping the mixture into a'mound' shape.
- Top with flaked almonds if you desire to, and dot with remaining tablespoon of butter.
- Arrange in a buttered ovenproof dish and bake for 25-35 mins.
- Serve warm or cold with light cream.
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Reviews
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This great recipe was so easy! I crushed the cookie crumbs in the processor, and just mixed the rest of the filling ingredients in the processor, too. Done in a jif. We decided to use vanilla ice cream instead of the light cream. YUMM. Very tasty, special dessert. -
We had this with vanilla ice cream and it was extremely nice! I haven't used amaretti biscuits before and found it hard to stop eating them! Easy quick and very classy desert, thanks for posting!
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This recipe is worthy of 10 stars!! It was delicious and so easy. I did what another reviewer suggested and did it all in the food processor....simple!! Thanks for a well written and easy to follow recipe!
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We all loved this wonderful dessert. It was dead easy and tasted fabulous. I can't recommend this strongly enough and would not hesitate to serve it as a 'for company' dessert. We had it with vanilla ice cream too. The juices released by the peaches were heavenly over the ice cream!
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This great recipe was so easy! I crushed the cookie crumbs in the processor, and just mixed the rest of the filling ingredients in the processor, too. Done in a jif. We decided to use vanilla ice cream instead of the light cream. YUMM. Very tasty, special dessert.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
love4culinary
United States
Since April 2008, I have been a vegetarian. I dont eat creatures...that's the easiest way to put it! :D
I still eat a small amount of dairy, but not very much.
I have been missing around here for a while, and hope to poke my head in a bit more often from now on...
I hope you enjoy my recipes...
