Roasted Peaches with Amaretti Crumble
A delightful dessert featuring warm, tender peach halves topped with a crispy crumble made from amaretti cookies, almonds, and butter. Served with vanilla ice cream, this dish combines the sweetness of summer peaches with the crunch of Italian macaroon cookies.
Ingredients
- •5 pieces amaretti cookies
- •3 tablespoons whole natural almonds
- •2 tablespoons unbleached all purpose flour
- •1½ tablespoons sugar
- •3 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter
- •3 pieces large peaches
- •6 scoops Vanilla ice cream
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 11 x 7 x 2- inch glass baking dish. Combine cookies, almonds, flour, and sugar in processor. Using on/off turns, process until cookies and almonds are coarsely chopped. Add 3 tablespoons chilled butter to processor. Using on/off turns, process topping mixture until moist clumps form.
10 min
- 2.
Place peach halves, cut side up, in prepared dish. Spread topping over surface of each peach half (about 1 generous tablespoon for each), pressing lightly to adhere and leaving 1/4-inch plain border.
5 min
- 3.
Bake peaches until tender when pierced with knife and topping is golden brown, about 35 minutes. Cool slightly. Transfer 1 warm roasted peach half to each of 6 plates. Serve with scoop of vanilla ice cream alongside.
35 min
- 4.
Available at some supermarkets and at Italian markets.
