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This recipe is an ode to my restaurant days. One of our most popular items was flambéed dessert tableside and I LOVED being the one to light up someone’s smile (pun intended 😉). This recipe doesn’t require flambeing but the heat still brings out the flavors in the fruit and the liqueur. With the caramelized peaches and the smell of the toasted almonds, this recipe it’s a sure fire 🔥 way to captivate and impress your company 🤗 Gluten-free and just swap the butter for vegan butter to make dairy free!
Why You’ll Love Amaretto Peaches
Warm peaches with their sweetness heightened by the caramelization process. Creamy cold ice cream that melts in your mouth with each bite. Toasted crunchy almonds that put the finishing touches on this amazing dessert. There’s nothing not to like about this satisfying blend of flavors and textures that are just downright decadent. Oh, and it also makes your house smell AMAZING!
How to Prepare Amaretto Peaches
🍑 Slice and pit the peaches.
🥂 Toast the almonds until golden.
🧈 Preheat a stainless steel pan for 2 minutes and melt butter in the pan. Then add peaches, salt, and sugar. Caramelize on medium-high for 3-4 minutes.
🍊 Add orange zest and juice, cooking for another 4-5 minutes.
🍹 Pour in rum and amaretto, reducing until syrupy (about 3-4 minutes).
🍨 Serve with toasted almonds, ice cream, and a mint leaf
Substitutions and Variations for Amaretto Peaches
- Lactose intolerant? No problem! The grocery store has a lot of dairy-free ice cream and a vegan butter options making this a very easy dessert to make lactose free!
- If you don’t like almonds or you have a nut allergy feel free to swap it out for a simple toasted granola
- You can use nectarines instead of peaches.
- If you want something similar but need to make it ahead, try this recipe instead!
Chef’s Tip 🍑
When slicing your peaches make sure that you don’t slice them too thin so they don’t lose their shape and get mushy.
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Common Questions
I have the perfect tool for this! They’re sharp enough that you can just plunge it into the fruit, make sure you get a good grip and voilà. The pit is gone! I got mine here.
Make sure you don’t slice the peaches too thin so they don’t lose their shape.
It is certainly best eaten right away but if that isn’t possible it is absolutely okay to put in an airtight container and pop it in your fridge for a day or two. Just make sure you don’t add the ice cream until you are ready to serve.
Amaretto Peaches
Ingredients
- 4 large peaches, or 5 medium
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, + 2 tbsp
- 2 oz amaretto
- 2 oz dark rum
- 1 Pinch of salt
- 1 orange zest and juice of half
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, switch with vegan butter if you want dairy-free
- 1 scoop vanilla ice cream, switch with lactose-free ice cream is you want dairy-free
Instructions
- Remove the pit from the peaches and slice.
- Toast you almonds until golden. Wipe out your pan.
- Preheat your stainless steel pan for 2 minutes. Add the butter. Once melted, add the peaches, salt and sugar.
- Let them caramelize on medium high for 3-4 min. Add in orange zest and juice. Let them cook for another 4-5 minutes.
- Add in rum and amaretto. Let it reduce and get sirupy, about 3-4 minutes.
- Serve it with the almonds, ice cream and a mint leaf.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My sister is gluten and dairy free and I made this when I had her over for dinner and it was great! Thanks