Tim Almond

I had some nectarines that were a little past best and happened to have bought some ratafia biscuits, so decided to try this. I’m sure that someone else must have done this or something like it but I can’t remember where, so here goes:-

Ingredients

Nectarines
A few ratafia biscuits per nectarine
Demerera Sugar

Method

1. Stone the nectarines into halves
2. Wrap the ratafia biscuits in a tea towel and smash with a tea towel (but keep some texture).
3. Fill the hole where the nectarine stone was with the ratafia biscuits (and a little more)
4. Cover the nectarine half with demerara sugar. Don’t be stingy.
5. Put the nectarines under a grill to create a brulee on top (it also slightly warms the nectarine).
6. Allow to cool a little then serve with thick cream or good ice cream.

The ratafia biscuits, despite having something of an almond taste are made from apricot kernels, so complement the nectarine well.

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