Serves:

4

Description:

A simple fruit made special enough for a dinner party.

Ingredients:

• 2 sheets sweet puff pastry
• 4 peach halves (yellow variety, canned may be used)
• 8 crushed Amaretti biscuits
• 6 tbsp Amaretto liqueur
• 6 tsp crushed walnuts
• 1 egg beaten with a little water

Method:

1. Crush the Amaretti biscuits and combine with the liqueur and crushed walnuts until you get a soft paste.
2. Scoop the paste into the hollow of the peach, wrap each peach in puff pastry, cut off excess pastry and seal with a fork, to give a nice pattern. Put peaches (filling side down) on a baking tray, which has been lined with baking paper, and then brush the tops with the egg wash.
3. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a dusting of icing sugar.

Recipe by: Maria Ponte

Website: www.ponte.com.au