Roasted Nectarines With Amaretto Vanilla Ice Cream Food

ROAST NECTARINES WITH AMARETTI CRUMBLE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Blitz the biscuits, flour and sugar in a food processor until roughly chopped. Add the butter and pulse until just combined. 2. Grease a baking dish in which the nectarine halves will fit snugly. Pour 2 tbsp water into the bottom of the baking dish, then arrange the nectarine halves, cut-side up, pressing the topping onto them evenly. 3. Bake for 30 minutes until the nectarines are tender and the topping is golden brown. Cool slightly and serve with vanilla ice cream, if liked.

ROASTED NECTARINES WITH AMARETTO & VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Half the nectarine and remove the stone. Don't worry about taking of the skin as it goes soft and tender during roasting.
• Place the halves cut side up on a piece of foil and sprinkle over the sugar, making sure to fill the holes where you removed the stone.
• Fold up the edges of the foil slightly so you don't lose any, and slosh over a generous amount of Disaronno.
• Parcel the packages up so that no liquid or steam can escape to dry out the fruit (see the picture above) and leave them on the barbecue for about half an hour while you eat. If you're worried that you won't have enough eat left to cook them and you're using good thick foil (not the supermarket stuff that so easily tears) you can cook them directly in the coals. Alternatively, you can roast them in an oven set at 180 degrees (360 fahrenheit) for the same amount of time, or the simmering oven of an Aga.
• Serve with a generous amount of ice cream, yogurt or cream.

NECTARINE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat milk to 175°; stir in sugar until dissolved. Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 minutes. , In a small bowl, combine nectarines and lemon juice. In a large bowl, combine the milk mixture, cream, extracts and salt; stir in nectarine mixture. , Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. Transfer to a freezer container; freeze for 2-4 hours before serving.

AMARETTO NECTARINES

Steps:

• Cut nectarines in half around the center.
• Dig out pit with a spoon.
• Place cut side up on a baking sheet.
• Drizzle the honey and lime juice over the nectarine edges and in the pit cavity. Bake in a 325 oven for 30-45 minutes depending on the ripeness of the nectarines (check often).
• Remove from oven and place in individual serving bowls.
• Let cool a few minutes.
• Add a scoop of ice cream to each bowl and a splash of amaretto.
• Grate chocolate over top.
• Enjoy!

AMARETTI ICE CREAM DESSERT

Steps:

• Crumble 4 amaretti cookies into each of 4 dessert cups and douse them with almond liqueur. Top with ice cream, whipped cream and almonds.

WARM NECTARINES WITH ALMONDS AND VANILLA ICE CREAM - SWEDEN

Steps:

• Cut the nectarines into wedges.
• Melt the butter and sugar in a saucepan. Mix in the nectarines and pour in the lemon juice. Bring it to a boil, then lower the heat to medium. You want to completely dissolve the sugar and cook the nectarines until they soften, about two minutes. Mix in the almonds.
• Serve warm with the ice cream.

NECTARINE ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Shred, macerate, and smush the stone fruit. Add the salt and a little less than 1/3 of a cup sugar (to taste, add more if you like it sweet). Set aside in the fridge to come together.
• Vigorously mix the milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla together, and pop in the freezer to chill.
• Put the milk mixture into the pre-frozen KitchenAid ice cream maker (it needs to pre-freeze for at least 24 hours to work), and churn it for 5 mins at #2 speed. Increase speed to #4 for 5-7 minutes Add the fruit mixture and churn at #1 till it's mixed in, then churn at #2 for five more minutes. Now you have soft serve. Stick the ice cream in the freezer for 1-2 hours for harder ice cream.

BAKED NECTARINES WITH ALMONDS & MARSALA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Sit the nectarine halves snugly in a baking dish, cut-side up. Put the amaretti biscuits into a large bowl and use the end of a rolling pin to bash into crumbs. Add the softened butter, ground almonds, caster sugar and egg, and stir together.
• Push spoonfuls of the mixture into the cavities of the nectarines, piling more on top until the mixture is evenly divided among them. Scatter with almonds, then carefully pour the Marsala into the dish through a gap between the fruit so the topping doesn't get soggy. Bake for 40-50 mins until golden and crisp, and the fruit is soft. Eat warm with the juices spooned over, and a dollop of Greek yogurt or crème fraîche alongside.