Salt-Roasted Peaches

In his book Cooking for All Seasons, my former student and collaborator Jimmy Schmidt transferred the salt-roasting technique applied to meats for centuries by the Chinese and southern Italians to fruit. I have enjoyed it so much that I have used it and introduced it to all my students at the School for American Chefs. Here are peaches prepared this very unusual and delicious way. Nectarines and pears can be cooked like this also. The salt can be stashed away and reused provided any lumps f