Hot Desserts Recipes - Chocolate Amaretto Peaches

Ingredients

• 115g/4oz amaretti biscuits, crushed

• 50g/2oz plain chocolate, chopped

• grated rind of 1/2 orange

• 15ml/1 tbsp clear honey

• 1.5ml/1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 egg white, lightly beaten

• 4 firm ripe peaches

• 150ml/1/4 pint or 2/3 cup white wine

• 15g/1/2oz or 1 tbsp caster sugar

• whipped cream, to serve

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 190'C/375'F/Gas 5. Mix together the crushed amaretto biscuits, chocolate, orange rind, honey and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the beaten egg white and mix to bind the mixture together

2. Halve and stone the peaches and fill the cavities with the chocolate mixture, mounding it up slightly.

3. Arrange the stuffed peaches in a lightly buttered shallow ovenproof dish which will just hold the fruit comfortably. Pour the wine into a measuring jug and stir in the sugar.

4. Pour the wine mixture around the peaches. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until the peaches are tender. Serve at once with a little of the cooking juices spooned over and the whipped cream.