Author Notes: One of my favorite summer libations was the inspiration to this summery southern-style dessert. —Stefano Coppola
Food52 Review: Recipes don’t get much easier than this. And who wouldn’t delight at the prospect of using Bourbon in a dessert? Peach halves are lightly grilled until barely warmed through and then drizzled with a mint-infused bourbon and brown sugar glaze. Top the whole thing with some vanilla ice cream, and you’ve got yourself a real summer treat. Stefano Coppola’s recipe makes a fair amount of glaze, but you’ll be happy to have leftovers. Be careful not to cook down the glaze too much, or it will harden when it hits the cold ice cream. – A&M —The Editors
Serves: 4
Ingredients
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4
ripe peaches, prefferably loose stone
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1/2
cup canola oil
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1/2
cup Kentucky Bourbon
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2
cups dark brown sugar
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4
sprigs mint
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2
cups premium vanilla bean ice cream
Directions
- Preheat grill to high
- Pick leaves off mint sprigs.
- Make the glaze- combine bourbon, brown sugar, & mint stems in a small saucepot over medium heat. Allow sauce to reduce 5 min, remove stems.
- Half peaches & remove stone, brush with canola oil
- Grill peaches, flesh side down and covered, for 2 minutes.
- Rotate 180 degrees and grill, covered, about 2 more minutes- depending on how ripe the peaches are.
- Plate peaches, flesh side up, and drizzle with glaze.
- Top with ice cream and garnish with mint leaves.
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After separating the mint leaves from the stems, Stefano Coppola had us keep the stems for the glaze. Clever!
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We ended up halving the recipe for the glaze, with no effect.
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Our glaze cooked very quickly, but in order to avoid it getting too thick, we used a medium-low flame, and watched it carefully.
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Our starting peaches. They looked beautiful, but like people, it's what's on the inside that counts. After two were tossed, we ended up using a nectarine and a couple of donut peaches instead…
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Our peaches grilled very quickly, and while we used a very very hot grill, it really only took 2-3 minutes altogether.
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The sauce hardened a bit under the ice cream — truly delicious. Err on the side of more sauce…
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Voila!
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