Pistachio Stuffed Nectarines Recipes

BAKED NECTARINES WITH PISTACHIOS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Chop 3 tablespoons pistachios in a food processor until finely ground. Add butter, confectioners' sugar, almond extract, and salt. Process until combined.
• Place nectarines, cut side up, on a baking sheet, and squeeze lemon over top. Place a generous tablespoon of pistachio mixture on each nectarine half. Chop remaining tablespoon pistachios, and sprinkle on top. Bake until fruit is tender and topping is crisp, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. Transfer to 4 plates.
• Whisk together creme fraiche and granulated sugar. Spoon over nectarines, and serve.

ROAST PISTACHIO-STUFFED PEACHES WITH ORANGE BLOSSOM CREAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the peach halves in a gratin dish in a single layer without too much space around them (otherwise the apple juice will simply reduce and burn).
• Crush the pistachios roughly using a pestle and mortar, then mix in the lemon zest, sugar, egg and 1 tsp orange blossom water. Fill the cavity of each peach with this stuffing, mounding it over the top if you have too much.
• Mix the apple juice with the rest of the orange blossom water and pour it around the peaches. Bake for 30-45 mins, depending on ripeness. The peaches should be tender and slightly caramelised on the top.
• Whip the cream until it holds its shape, then add the orange zest and sugar, and taste for sweetness. Stir in 1/2 tsp of the orange blossom water and taste. Add more if you like, but be careful not to make the cream too perfumed.
• Serve the peaches at room temperature, with a little icing sugar sifted on top, some of the cooking juices spooned around and the cream on the side.

RICOTTA STUFFED OVEN ROASTED NECTARINES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Pour the orange juice into an 8 by 8-inch pan. With the tip of a sharp knife, scrape the insides of the vanilla bean into the pan, reserving the outside pod. Place the nectarines cut side down in the pan. Sprinkle with sugar and lay the vanilla pod on top of the nectarines. Bake until the nectarines are slightly slumped and feel a little soft, about 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool in the pan to room temperature, then remove the nectarines from the pan and chill until ready to serve. Reserve any pan juices to pour over the nectarines later.
• Meanwhile, blend the ricotta with the honey in a food processor until smooth. Chill until ready to serve. To serve, turn the nectarines over and spoon the cheese filling into the cavity. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar (if using) and serve immediately. Place 3 on each plate and drizzle the reserved pan juices over the stuffed nectarines.

NECTARINE & PISTACHIO CRUNCH LAYERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Mix breadcrumbs, porridge oats, sugar and pistachios together and spread out in an even layer on a baking parchment-lined baking tray. Bake for 8 mins, stirring half way, until crisp and golden brown. Cool.
• Gradually beat the custard into the yogurt in a mixing bowl. Sweeten with the syrup or honey. Using dessert glasses or pots, layer up the pistachio crumbs, the nectarines and the custard mix.

PISTACHIO-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Remove stems from mushroom caps; finely chop stems.
• In a skillet saute stems and the onion in 4 tablespoons butter until tender.
• Add garlic and cook for additional two minutes.
• Add all remaining ingredients except the remaining butter and mix well.
• Spoon stuffing into mushroom caps.
• Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter and drizzle over mushrooms.
• Bake for 5-10 minutes or until hot.

BAKED PECAN-STUFFED NECTARINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• In a small food processor pulse pecans until finely ground. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and yolk and pulse until combined. Halve and pit nectarines and arrange, cut sides up, on a small baking sheet. Divide pecan mixture among nectarine halves, mounding it in center, and garnish each mound with a pecan half. Sprinkle nectarines with remaining 1/2 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake stuffed nectarines in middle of oven until pecan mixture is golden, about 10 minutes.
• Serve nectarines with ice cream.

PISTACHIO-STUFFED NECTARINES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• To make the filling, cream the butter with 2 tablespoons of the sugar. Add the egg yolk and the salt and beat until fluffy. Beat in the orange liqueur, the chopped nuts and sponge cake crumbs.
• Butter a 2-quart baking dish. Arrange the nectarines in the dish, cut side up. Fill the cavity of each nectarine with stuffing. Drizzle the wine over and around the nectarines, sprinkle the nectarines with the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar and bake until the fruit is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Serve warm with creme anglaise or creme fraiche.