Baked Peaches With Chocolate

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 3 ounces amaretti cookies, coarsely crushed
• 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, finely grated
• 4 large peaches
• 1 tablespoon golden superfine sugar
• 8 tablespoons , crem fraiche or 8 tablespoons sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 375.
• 2 grease a shallow baking dish with butter.
• 3 place cookies, grated chocolate, and butter in bowl and mix together.
• 4 place the peaches in a separate heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water.
• 5 let stand for one minute, then transfer to a bowl of cold water and let stand for additional minute.
• 6 remove the peaches from the skin.
• 7 cut each peach in half and remove pit.
• 8 using a teaspoon, scoop out a little flesh from each peach half.
• 9 chop the flesh and add to the cookie mixture.
• 10 fill each peach half with the amaretti cookie mixture, then sprinkle with sugar.
• 11 bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until the peaches are soft and the filling is crisp.
• 12 transfer to a serving plate and serve hot with creme fraiche or sour cream.