Peaches With Vanilla Ice Cream Recipes

SAUTEED PEACHES WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Melt butter and sugar in large skillet over high heat until just beginning to brown.
• Add peaches, stirring until tender, 5 minutes.
• Stir in liqueur.
• Remove from heat.
• Scoop ice cream into eight serving bowls.
• Spoon peach mixture evenly over ice cream.

GRILLED PEACHES WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium heat.
• Combine first 5 ingredients.
• Brush peaches with oil; grill 10 min. or until softened, turning occasionally. Fill centers with nut mixture; grill 2 min. or until heated through.
• Serve warm with ice cream and cookies.

POACHED PEACHES WITH VANILLA

Steps:

• Bring first 5 ingredients to simmer in heavy medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into syrup. Return bean to syrup. Cover and continue simmering 5 minutes. Add peaches and poach until just tender when pierced with tip of sharp knife, about 4 minutes. Transfer mixture to bowl and refrigerate until cold, at least 3 hours. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead.)
• Remove vanilla bean and any loose pieces of peach skin before serving.

PEACHES IN CARAMEL OVER VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. Cut an X in blossom end of peaches. In a saucepan of boiling water blanch peaches 15 seconds and with a slotted spoon transfer to ice water to stop cooking. Peel peaches and cut each into 8 wedges. In a small bowl toss peaches with lemon juice.
• In an 8- to 9-inch heavy skillet cook sugar over moderately low heat, stirring slowly with a fork (to help sugar melt evenly), until melted and pale golden. Cook caramel, without stirring, swirling skillet, until deep golden, 5 to 6 minutes. Carefully add peaches and cream (mixture will vigorously steam and caramel will harden). Cook mixture, stirring frequently, until caramel is dissolved and peaches are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Cool peaches to warm and serve over ice cream.

GRILLED PEACHES AND ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium-high. Cut peaches in half; remove pits. Brush cut sides with oil. Place cut-sides down on grill. Grill 3 to 4 minutes until grill marks appear. Brush tops with oil, turn over and move to indirect heat. Grill about 10 minutes longer until warm and tender.
• Serve warm peach halves topped with ice cream.

BAKED PEACHES 'N CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Arrange brown sugar, 1 teaspoon per peach, in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Top each brown sugar mound with a piece of butter and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Place a peach half, cut-side down, on top of brown sugar-butter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until peaches are soft, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Plate 2 warm peaches per serving and top with 1 scoop vanilla ice cream.

GRILLED PEACHES

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium-low.
• Halve and pit peaches; brush both sides with butter.
• Place peaches on grill; cover grill, and cook until charred and softened, 4 to 5 minutes per side.

PEACH ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine sugar, milk and egg. Cook over low heat until mixture is just thick enough to coat a metal spoon and a thermometer reads at least 160°, stirring constantly. Do not allow to boil. Remove from heat immediately., Quickly transfer to a large bowl; place bowl in a pan of ice water. Stir gently and occasionally for 2 minutes. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Refrigerate several hours or overnight., Stir in cream, pudding mix, peaches and vanilla into custard. Fill cylinder of an ice cream freezer two-thirds full. Freeze according to manufacturer's directions. (Refrigerate any remaining mixture until ready to freeze.) Transfer ice cream to freezer containers, allowing headspace for expansion. Freeze 2-4 hours or until firm. Repeat with any remaining ice cream mixture.