Peaches stuffed with Macaroons

Name: Peaches stuffed with Macaroons
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 50 g caster sugar; 1 egg yolk; 6 large ripe peaches; 2 pinches grated nutmeg; ¼ tsp vanilla essence; 100 g stale macaroons or amaretti biscuits, crushed to powder; 25 g unsalted butter at room temperature

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Classic Bull

By Stephen Bull

Published 2001

About

Not an ultra-sophisticated pud but extremely good. Sprinkle with more crumbled amaretti or toasted flaked almonds. Nectarines are just as good, but not so large.

Ingredients

6 large ripe peaches
1 egg yolk
50 g caster sugar

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
London

Method

Preheat the oven to 325°F/160°C/Gas3; butter a gratin dish.

Place the peaches in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 15 seconds then refresh in a bowl of cold water and take off the skins. Halve them and remove the stones.

Beat the egg yolk well in a small bo