Honey Drizzled Grilled Peaches with Mascarpone

Grilled peaches, filled with slightly sweetened Mascarpone cheese, drizzled with a bit of honey, topped with either almonds or lavender. The choice is yours, because here are both recipes!

Grilled Peaches with honey, almonds and mascarpone cheese

I’ve often wished I could follow the bees in my garden…back to where ever it is they make their honey. My front yard is filled with lavender, Provencal and Hidcote, and as often as I work in my bee-filled garden, I’ve never been stung. I used to just watch them go from bud to bud, wondering how they could collect nectar from lavender…and then I became obsessed with lavender honey. I really wanted to taste it…it had to exist, right? What a great surprise it was, when a friend gave me lavender honey one day. Beautiful, subtly scented, lavender honey. My peaches have all ripened, we actually got to eat most of them this year since we covered our trees and berry vines with netting. In the past, the squirrels would hop on the back wall, steal a peach or two and tease Annabelle by running back and forth on the wall. You could almost hear them saying “Nah, nah!” as they thumbed their paws in their ears and tossed the half eaten peaches on the ground. I first tasted grilled peaches last summer, on a beach in Evanston, Illinois, while I was visiting my cousin.

Why had I never eaten grilled peaches before? And why did it take me a whole year to make them at home? I seem to favor fruit desserts, probably because they are not overly sweet. A grilled peach, filled with slightly sweetened Mascarpone cheese, drizzled with a bit of honey, served with a dessert wine. Yes, sir, that fits the bill for me. The dilemma? What to flavor the Mascarpone with…honey was a given. Lavender or almonds? Why not both? I made both versions for a dinner party, and the eight of us were pretty divided, with the grown-ups favoring the honey-lavender version and everyone loving the honey-almond version.

So here are recipes for both versions of grilled peaches.

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Grilled Peaches With Mascarpone, Almonds And Honey

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8

Author: Cynthia McCloud Woodman

Ingredients

• 4 firm but ripe peaches
• 8 ounces Mascarpone or cream cheese
• 3 Tablespoons almond paste, grated or crumbled
• 4 Tablespoons honey
• 4 Tablespoons slivered or sliced almonds lightly toasted.
• Coconut or vegetable oil for grill and peaches
• Additional honey for drizzling

Instructions

1. Pre-heat grill to medium
2. Cut peaches in half and remove stones. Brush each side lightly with oil.
3. Meanwhile, blend cheese with almond paste, and honey until smooth.
4. Grill peaches on medium heat, about 4 minutes per side until grill marks appear and fruit begins to soften. Remove from the grill.
5. Stuff warm peaches with Mascarpone mixture.
6. Drizzle with additional honey. Top with toasted almonds.

Grilled Peaches with Mascarpone, Honey and Lavender.

5 from 3 votes

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Grilled Peaches With Mascarpone, Honey And Lavender

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

Servings: 8

Author: Cynthia McCloud Woodman

Ingredients

• 4 firm but ripe peaches
• 8 ounces Mascarpone cheese
• 1 tablespoon dried lavender. If you are using lavender from your garden, please make sure it's free of pesticides. Otherwise you can purchase culinary lavender at most cooking stores as well as Cost Plus.
• 3 tablespoons honey

Instructions

1. Follow directions for grilled peaches above.
2. Mix Mascarpone, honey and lavender together in a food processor.
3. Spoon mixture into warm peaches.

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Grilled Peaches with honey, mascarpone and almonds are the perfect summer dessert! Throw them on the grill for an easy, gluten free treat!