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Pesche Ripiene al Forno con AmarettiBaked Peaches Stuffed with Amaretti

Baked Peaches Stuffed with Amaretti
Difficulty★★☆☆☆ Prep20 min Cook30 min servings4

Ripe peaches filled with amaretti, nuts and butter and baked: a Piedmontese dessert reserved for summer.

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Ingredients (4 servings)

  • Ripe peachesHalve and remove the stones.4 pieces
  • Amaretti cookiesCrush.80 g
  • HazelnutsChop.30 g
  • ButterCut into small pieces.40 g
  • Sugar30 g
  • Unsweetened cocoa8 g
  • Dry white wine60 ml

Method

115 min

Halve the peaches and prepare the filling ingredients

  • 1 Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • 2 Halve 4 ripe peaches and remove their stones.
  • 3 Crush 80 g amaretti.
  • 4 Chop 30 g hazelnuts.
  • 5 Cut 40 g butter into small pieces.
  • 6 Continue when the peach cavities are large enough to hold the filling.
25 min

Make the filling

  • 1 Mix the crushed amaretti, hazelnuts, 30 g sugar, 8 g unsweetened cocoa and half the butter.

Ready when

Continue when the mixture is moist and holds its shape when lightly pressed by hand.

330 min

Bake

  • 1 Fill the peaches and arrange in an ovenproof dish.
  • 2 Pour 60 ml white wine into the bottom of the dish and dot with the remaining butter.
  • 3 Bake at 180°C for 25–30 minutes.
  • 4 Ready when the peaches are soft and the filling is fragrant and browned on top.
A view of Langhe, Piemonte
Langhe, PiemonteA view of Italy Photo: Phalaenopsis Aphrodite from Italy · CC BY 2.0 (resized; display cropped)

About this dish

Pesche ripiene is a homely summer dessert from Piedmont. During the short season when peaches fill the markets, it has long been enjoyed as a fruit sweet after lunch or at weekend tables.

Piedmont has a confectionery culture built around hazelnuts and amaretti. Combining fruit with baked sweets expresses a northern Italian appreciation of seasonal fruit as a family dessert.

It remains popular as a sweet after a home-cooked meal and is sometimes eaten after cooling slightly. Without seasonal peaches it is difficult to make successfully: the dish is closely bound to its season.

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