Recipe: Baked Nectarines with Pistachios and Creme Fraiche

A delicious dessert or a special afternoon snack. You will surely be a playdate pleaser with this one!

Ingredients

4 tablespoons shelled pistachios

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/4-1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar

2 drops (less than 1/8 teaspoon) almond extract

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 nectarines

1/2 lemon

1/2 cup creme fraiche

1 tablespoon granulated sugar (optional)

Preparation

Preheat your oven to 400 F.  In a food processor chop 3 tablespoons of the pistachios until finely chopped, almost to a meal.  Add the butter, almond extract, confectioners’ sugar and the salt.  Pulse until well combined.

Cut each of your nectarines in half then remove the pit.  Place the nectarines on a large baking sheet with the cut side facing up and then squeeze the lemon juice all over the cut side.  Add a heaping spoonful of the ingredients from the food processor into the cavity of the nectarines. It’s ok if the ground nut mixture forms a mound.  Coarsely chop the remaining pistachios and sprinkle them on top.  Place in the oven to bake for 15 or 20 minutes until the fruit looks softened and the topping is a bit crisped.  Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes.

While the fruit is baking, whisk the creme fraiche and optional granulated sugar.

Place each nectarine half on a plate, add a dollop of creme fraiche, and serve.

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