Chocolate-filled peaches and soft macaroons

A traditional Piedmontese dessert, simple and genuine, that smells of summer. chocolate-filled peaches They are born as a family recipe: fresh fruit hollowed out and stuffed with a delicious filling based on amaretti biscuits and cocoa. With the addition of soft macaroons from Mombaruzzo the result becomes even more enveloping, thanks to their intense almond aroma and tender texture that melts perfectly with the chocolate.

Ingredients (for 6 persons)

• 6 ripe but firm yellow peaches
• 120 g soft macaroons from Mombaruzzo
• 40 g of bitter cocoa powder
• 80 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 30 g melted butter
• icing sugar to taste.

Procedure

1. Wash the peaches well, cut them in half and remove the stone.
2. Lightly scoop out the inner pulp with a teaspoon and collect it in a bowl.
3. Add the crumbled amaretti, unsweetened cocoa, sugar, egg and melted butter to the peach pulp. Mix until you obtain a smooth filling.
4. Stuff the peach halves with the mixture, place them in a buttered baking dish and sprinkle a little caster sugar on top.
5. Bake at 180°C for about 30 minutes, until tender and slightly caramelised.
6. Serve warm or cold, with a sprinkling of icing sugar.

Stuffed peaches are perfect as a summer dessert, perhaps accompanied by a scoop of cream or vanilla ice cream.