Last Updated on March 27, 2024
We fulfilled one of our many 2021 bucket list items and have been growing a Florida peach tree at our Authentic Florida headquarters in Winter Park. We have been watching our peaches grow each day and have been dreaming about using fresh Florida peaches to make this delicious dessert. Our peaches are not quite ripe yet.
Recently, we partnered with the team at Florida Peaches to remind everyone to add fresh Florida peaches to their shopping list. While at our local grocery store, we spotted some Florida peaches and simply couldn’t wait to make one of our favorite desserts, Grilled Florida Peaches with Amaretti.
We plan to use our personal Florida peaches to create something equally delightful. Stay tuned …
Grilled Florida Peaches with Amaretti
We have been watching our peaches grow each day and have been dreaming about using fresh Florida peaches to make this delicious dessert.
Ingredients
- 8 ripe peaches, cut in ½ and pitted
- ¼ cup vanilla sugar … recipe is below (If you haven’t made this or do not have it on hand, just substitute regular sugar)
- ¼ cup vanilla sugar … recipe is below (If you haven’t made this or do not have it on hand, just substitute regular sugar)
- 8 amaretti cookies, crumbled
- 8 amaretti cookies, crumbled
- ¼ cup good dark rum (recommended: Mount Gay)
- ¼ cup good dark rum (recommended: Mount Gay)
- ¼ cup good almond liqueur (recommended: Amaretto Di Savonna)
- ¼ cup good almond liqueur (recommended: Amaretto Di Savonna)
- Creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream to serve, optional
- Creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream to serve, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Heat a grill with a single layer of charcoal.
- When the coals are hot, brush the grill with a little oil to make sure the peaches don’t stick.
- Place the peaches, cut side down, on the grill, and cook for a few minutes, until they’re slightly charred.
- Place the peaches in an oven-proof dish, sprinkle each half with a little vanilla sugar.
- Combine the rum and amaretto and drizzle 1/2 of it on the peaches.
- Bake the peaches for about 10 minutes, until they’re very tender.
- Serve hot, at room temperature, or cold with crumbled amaretti cookies on top or with the cookies on the side.
- Vanilla Sugar: Find a jar tall enough to hold 2 vanilla beans.
- Fill the bottle with sugar and cover it tightly.
- Store on a pantry shelf.
- After about 3 months, you will have a wonderful ingredient for cooking and baking.
- Keep adding vanilla beans and sugar to the jar and you will have it for years.
Notes
We like to serve them with a dollop of creme fraiche or vanilla ice cream.
NOTE: This Grilled Peaches recipe was adapted from one of our favorite chefs: The Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten.
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Want to try another delicious recipe using Florida peaches? Check out Oh My! Florida Blueberry & Peach Cobbler
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