Baked Peach Milanese

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup unblanched almonds, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 4 large ripe peaches
• 1/4 cup wine (such as riesling)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 ounce semisweet chocolate (optional)
• dark sweet cherry, with stems (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, mix together wafer crumbs, butter, almonds and almond extract.
• 2 cut peaches in half lengthwise; remove pit and place cut side up on cutting board. mound almond filling in hollow of each.
• 3 pour wine into 8-inch square baking dish; stir in sugar. place filled peach halves in pan, filling side up; bake in a 350f oven for about 20 minutes or until peaches are softened. let cool slightly,.
• 4 serve 2 peaches in each dish or bowl; spoon wine glaze over top. if desired, grate chocolate over top. garnish with cherries, if using. serve warm or at room temperature.
• 5 variation: substitute finely crushed amaretti cookies for vanilla wafer crumbs and omit the almond extract. amaretti cookies are an italian almond-flavored hard cookie available in some grocery and italian stores.