CARAMELISED PEACHES WITH FROZEN RASPBERRIES & MASCARPONE

Caramelised peaches with frozen raspberries & mascarpone image

Wow family and friends with this summer dessert made with caramelised peaches, raspberries and mascarpone - it's like a deconstructed peach melba cheesecake

Provided by Tom Kerridge

Categories Dessert

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

30g caster sugar
1 peach or nectarine, stoned and halved
2 tbsp peach schnapps (optional)
100g mascarpone
20g icing sugar
pinch of lemon thyme leaves
30ml double cream
100g amaretti biscuits , crumbled
100g frozen raspberries (shop-bought, or freeze fresh berries), roughly crushed

Steps:

Scatter the sugar over a plate, then dip the cut sides of the peach halves into the sugar. Heat a frying pan over a medium-high heat and cook the sugared peach halves, cut-side down, until caramelised. Transfer the peach halves to a plate and carefully add the schnapps to the pan, if using, or a splash of water. Cook the liquid until reduced and syrupy, then return the peach halves to the pan and baste in the syrup. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool.
Beat the mascarpone and icing sugar together, then fold in the thyme leaves and double cream.
Divide the crumbled biscuits between two plates, then put one peach half on top of each bed of crumbs. Spoon the mascarpone cream onto the plates alongside the peach halves, then scatter over the frozen raspberries. Serve immediately while the raspberries are still frozen.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 527 calories, Fat 34 grams fat, SaturatedFat 20 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 46 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 45 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.2 milligram of sodium