Baked Peaches with Almond Paste

Name: Baked Peaches with Almond Paste
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters ounces almond paste (about; 2 teaspoons cold butter, cut into 8 pieces; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 4 peaches, halved and pitted; 3 Tbsps hot water

Baked Peaches with Almond Paste

Baked Peaches with Almond Paste is a gluten free and vegetarian recipe with 4 servings. This side dish has 202 calories, 4g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of peaches, butter, lemon juice, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 40

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Oven

Put a rack on a baking sheet and then put the peaches on the rack, skin-side down.

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Peach

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Baking Sheet

In a food processor, puree the almond paste, water, and lemon juice. Spoon the almond mixture into the centers of the peaches. Top each mound of almond paste with a piece of the butter.

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Almond Paste

Lemon Juice

Peach

Almonds

Butter

Water

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Food Processor

Bake in the lower third of the oven until the peaches are tender and the almond paste is golden brown, about 25 minutes.

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Almond Paste

Peach

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Oven

Serve warm.

Peeling the Peaches: Peel the peaches or not, as you like. The blush on the skin is pretty, but during taste tests most of us pulled off the peel and pushed it to the side of the plate.

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Peach

Almond Paste: Almond paste is simply a combination of ground almonds and sugar. It's available in supermarkets, usually in the baking aisle, and comes in both cans and tubes.

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Almond Meal