Pesche alla Nonna

Name: Pesche alla Nonna
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 smalls amaretti cookies or small biscotti; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 lemon, juiced; 6 smalls ripe, but slightly firm peaches; 1 pint raspberries; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 6 servings Superfine sugar, optional; 1 whole vanilla bean, split, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 6 servings Vanilla ice cream; 591 milliliters water

Need a dairy free side dish? Pesche alla Nonna could be an outstanding recipe to try. One serving contains 431 calories, 5g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have raspberries, salt, superfine sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Combine the water, vanilla bean, salt, lemon juice, and sugar in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

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Vanilla Bean

Lemon Juice

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Peel the peaches with a vegetable peeler and leave whole.

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Vegetable

Peach

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Peeler

Add the peaches to the simmering liquid, cover, and adjust the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Poach the peaches until they are barely tender when pierced with a knife, about 4 minutes; they will continue to cook as they cool.

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Peach

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Knife

Remove them from the poaching liquid with a slotted spoon; reserve the syrup. When they are cool, halve the peaches and remove the pits.

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Peach

Syrup

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Slotted Spoon

Strain the syrup, let cool thoroughly, then pour it over the peach halves. Cover and chill the peaches.

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Peach

Syrup

Put the raspberries in a blender with 1/2 cup of the syrup from the chilled peaches. Blend until smooth, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve to remove the seeds. Thin the raspberry sauce, if needed, with a little more syrup. Taste and add a little superfine sugar if the sauce needs sweetening.

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Raspberry Sauce

Superfine Sugar

Raspberries

Peach

Syrup

Seeds

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To serve, cut each peach half into 3 slices. Make a pool of the raspberry sauce on 6 dessert plates. Put a scoop of ice cream in the center. Surround with the peach slices. Crumble an amaretti cookie over the top and serve.

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Raspberry Sauce

Ice Cream