Grilled Peaches With Amaretti Recipes

PEACHES STUFFED WITH AMARETTI COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter the bottom of an 8-inch baking dish and set aside.
• Using a melon baller, clean out the red flesh from the center of each peach. Arrange the peaches cut side up in the prepared dish. In the bowl of a food processor, add the amaretti cookies and pulse until finely crumbled. Divide the amaretti crumbs between the peaches. Fill the center of each peach with the amaretti cookie crumbs. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of sugar over each. Dot each peach with 1/2 teaspoon of butter.
• Bake until the peaches are tender and the filling is crisp on top, about 30 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream.

ROASTED PEACHES WITH AMARETTI CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 11 x 7 x 2- inch glass baking dish. Combine cookies, almonds, flour, and sugar in processor. Using on/off turns, process until cookies and almonds are coarsely chopped. Add 3 tablespoons chilled butter to processor. Using on/off turns, process topping mixture until moist clumps form.
• Place peach halves, cut side up, in prepared dish. Spread topping over surface of each peach half (about 1 generous tablespoon for each), pressing lightly to adhere and leaving 1/4-inch plain border.
• Bake peaches until tender when pierced with knife and topping is golden brown, about 35 minutes. Cool slightly. Transfer 1 warm roasted peach half to each of 6 plates. Serve with scoop of vanilla ice cream alongside.
• Available at some supermarkets and at Italian markets.

GRILLED PEACHES WITH AMARETTI

Steps:

• Heat grill . When hot, brush the grill with a little oil to make sure the peaches don't stick.
• Place the peaches, cut side down, on the grill and cook for a few minutes, until they're slightly charred.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Place the peaches in an oven-proof dish, sprinkle each half with a little vanilla sugar.
• Combine the rum and amaretto and drizzle 1/2 of it on the peaches.
• Bake the peaches for about 10 minutes, until they're very tender. Serve hot, at room temperature, or cold with crumbled amaretti cookies on top or with the cookies on the side.
• Serve them with a dollop of creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream.
• Vanilla Sugar:.
• Find a jar tall enough to hold 2 vanilla beans. Fill the bottle with sugar and cover tightly. Store on a pantry shelf. After about 3 months you will have a wonderful ingredient for cooking and baking. Keep adding vanilla beans and sugar to the jar and you will have it for years.

GRILLED PEACHES

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium-low.
• Halve and pit peaches; brush both sides with butter.
• Place peaches on grill; cover grill, and cook until charred and softened, 4 to 5 minutes per side.

GRILLED PEACHES WITH AMARETTO MASCARPONE

Steps:

• Cut in half and pit 4 ripe peaches. In about a 1/2 cup of brown sugar, dip the cut sides of the peaches.
• On a clean grill sprayed with oil, grill cut side down for 2 minutes, covered. Flip and grill for another 3 to 4 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, top each peach with a dollop of the mascarpone mixture in the hole where the pit was. Sprinkle with crushed cookies (I like to use Amaretto Biscotti) and garnish with raspberries.