Spice-roasted nectarines with pistachio milk sauce

Name: Spice-roasted nectarines with pistachio milk sauce
Yield: Serve 4
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground star anise; 4 scoops of good-quality vanilla ice cream; 30 g peeled pistachios; 1 tablespoon kirsch; 1 small tin condensed milk; ½ teaspoon dried pink peppercorns; 2 tablespoons kirsch; 40 g unsalted butter; 4 large firm but ripe nectarines; 30 g caster sugar; 10 black peppercorns, cracked; ½ teaspoon Szechuan peppercorns

Preparation info

Serve
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Pure Vegetarian

By Paul Gayler

Published 2006

About

A refreshing dessert packed with flavour, ideal for the hot summer months when nectarines are ripe, juicy and plentiful.

Ingredients

4 large firm but ripe nectarines
40 g unsalted butter
10

Dessert
Summer
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 230°C/450°F/gas mark 8. Cut the nectarines in half, twist and separate and remove the centre stones. To remove the skins, place in a pan of boiling water for about 4 minutes - the skins will start to wrinkle and fall off. Remove the skins and place the nectarine hal