Baked Peaches

Name: Baked Peaches
Yield: Serves Six
Cuisine: Bulgarian
Ingredients: whipped cream or ice cream, to serve; fresh berries, to serve (optional); 6 firm ripe peaches, washed; 40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter; 45 ml/3 tbsp brandy or dry white wine (optional); 90 g/3½ oz/½ cup vanilla sugar; 12 whole cloves; pistachios, mint leaves and a little sifted icing (confectioners’) sugar, to decorate

Preparation info

Serves
Six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

This Bulgarian recipe uses fresh peaches with a hint of cloves to give an aromatic, spicy flavour. Enjoy it with ice cream and fresh berries for a wonderful summertime dessert.

Ingredients

40 g/1½ oz/3 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter
6

Europe
Bulgaria
Dessert
Gluten-free
Eastern Europe
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Spread half the butter around an ovenproof dish, making sure both the sides and base are well coated.
Halve the peaches and remove the stones (pits). Place the peaches skin side down in the dish. Push a whole clov