Peach And Nectarine Dessert
- 4 peaches lrg Ripe, any favourite variety, yellow, white or black
- 1 3/8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 3/4 tablespoons sugar
- 4 inches nectarines lrg Ripe, stoned and cut 6
- 1 3/8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 tablespoons amaretto
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 6 3/4 tablespoons water 3 1/2fl oz
- 4 tablespoons mascarpone
- 4 mint sprg
- icing sugar
- Preheat the oven to 160 C/300 F/gas mark 2.
- Make a small incision in the top of each peach, place them on a little ovenproof tray and top each with a little of the buter. Sprinkle the fructose over them then roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- For the nectarines saute them for 2 minutes in the butter, add the Amaretto, the sugar and the water then reboil. Set aside.
- Make sugar cages by making a caramel with the sugar and fructose then shape over the back of a ladle which you will have greased with some groundnut oil. Remove them as they harden slightly.
- To serve, place the nectarines in the bottom of 4 plates followed by a spoonful of the mascarpone, then a sugar cage followed by a peach, a sprig of mint then another sugar cage.
peaches, unsalted butter, sugar, nectarines lrg, unsalted butter, amaretto, sugar, water, mascarpone, mint sprg, icing sugar
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Peach-and-Nectarine-Dessert-1668942 (may not work)