Roast Peaches with Amaretti

Name: Roast Peaches with Amaretti
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: icing (confectioners’) sugar and 30 ml/2 tbsp toasted flaked (sliced) almonds, to garnish; 90 g /3½ oz raspberries; 25 g /1 oz demerara (raw) sugar; 25 g /1 oz butter, softened; 3 amaretti, crumbled (use the double-baked Italian ones wrapped in paper if you can); 3 amaretti, crumbled (use the double-baked Italian ones wrapped in paper if you can); 7 fresh peaches; whipped cream, to serve; icing (confectioners’) sugar and 30 ml/2 tbsp toasted flaked (sliced) almonds, to garnish

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Wood-fired Oven Cookbook

By Holly Jones and David Jones

Published 2016

About

This is a lovely way of cooking slightly unripe fruit. The wood-fired oven helps concentrate its flavour, as well as making it deliciously tender and developing its natural sweetness. Serve straight out of the oven, topped with toasted almonds and whipped cream, or try them on a piece of buttery brioche with yogurt for breakfast.

Ingredients

7 fresh peaches
3 amaretti, crumbled (use the double-baked Italian ones wrapped in paper if you can)
25 g

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Breakfast

Method

Build up the fire in the oven until the temperature reaches 200°C/400°F. When it is up to temperature, which will take about 50 minutes, push the embers to the back of the oven, using a metal peel or coal hook. Close the door to k