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Baked Pecan-Stuffed Nectarines

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

1/3 cup pecan halves
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg yolk
2 firm-ripe nectarines
Garnish: 4 pecan halves
Accompaniment: superpremium vanilla ice cream

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 425°F.

    Step 2

    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.

    Step 3

    Bake stuffed nectarines in middle of oven until pecan mixture is golden, about 10 minutes.

  2. Step 4

    Serve nectarines with ice cream.

TagsFruit DessertDessertPecanNutNectarineStone FruitFruitGluten FreeEasy5 Ingredients or FewerQuickBakingFood ProcessorSummerGourmet
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