Baked peaches with honey, vanilla & thyme

Name: Baked peaches with honey, vanilla & thyme
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 ripe peaches; 2 tbsp clear honey; 2 tbsp light brown soft sugar; ½ tsp vanilla bean paste; 150 ml Waitrose Pure Apple Juice; 8 sprig/s thyme, plus more to serve (optional); Amaretti biscuits, to serve; Vanilla ice cream or sweetened crème fraîche, to serve

Summer calls for the simplest treatment of fruit – and this is exactly what Diana Henry does.

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Vegetarian

Serves4
CourseDessert
Prepare10 mins
Cook25 mins
Total time35 mins

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4 ripe peaches
2 tbsp clear honey
2 tbsp light brown soft sugar
½ tsp vanilla bean paste
150ml Waitrose Pure Apple Juice
8 sprig/s thyme, plus more to serve (optional)
Amaretti biscuits, to serve
Vanilla ice cream or sweetened crème fraîche, to serve

Preheat the oven to 200ºC, gas mark 6. Halve the peaches and remove the stones. Stir together the honey, sugar, vanilla and 2 tbsp of the apple juice. Put the peaches in a small roasting tin or gratin dish. The halves must lie in a single layer, cut-side up. Spoon the sugar mixture over the peaches, then scatter over the thyme.
Heat the remaining apple juice in a small pan over a medium heat until just below boiling, then pour it around the peaches.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the peaches are soft and have caramelised in patches. You might need longer – it depends on how ripe they are. Spoon the cooking juices around the peaches and serve with the amaretti, ice cream or slightly sweetened crème fraîche, and a sprig of thyme, if liked.

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