Pesche alla Piemontese

Name: Pesche alla Piemontese (Baked Peaches from the Piedmont)
Yield: Makes 12 servings
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 8 amaretti (Italian macaroons), such as Amaretti di Saronno, crushed; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 large egg yolk; Heavy whipping cream (optional); ⅓ cup sugar; 6 ripe peaches

Baked Peaches from the Piedmont

Preparation info

Makes
12
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Italian Desserts

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1990

About

A quick, easy dessert for the height of peach season, after the novelty of the first ripe ones has passed. Very ripe pears are also excellent this way.

Ingredients

6 ripe peaches
⅓ cup sugar
8 amaretti (Italian macaroons), s

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Rinse, halve, and stone the peaches.

Puree 2 of the peach halves in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Place the puree in a bowl and add the sugar, crushed macaroons, and egg yolk.

Cover each peach half with this filling and place the peach halves in a baking dish greased with about 1 tabl