Maple-baked Nectarines With Almond Crumble

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 nectarines (ripe, halved and seeded)
• 75 g almond biscotti
• 2 tablespoons almonds (slivered and lightly toasted)
• 20 g butter (melted)
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup (plus extra to serve)
• 150 g mascarpone
• 2 tablespoons icing sugar (soft and sifted)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c or 160c fan forced.
• 2 line a small baking dish with baking paper and place nectarine halves, skin down, in dish.
• 3 scoop out some of flesh from each half to create a 1 tablespoon hole.
• 4 in a small food process, pulse almond biscotti until roughly chopped and then place in a small bowl and combine with slivered almonds and butter.
• 5 spoon biscotti mixture into nectarines and drizzle with maple syrup and bake for 20 minutes or until nectarines are tender and crumble is golden.
• 6 meanwhile, combine mascarpone, icing sugar and vanilla in a small bowl.
• 7 serve nectarines with vanilla mascarpone and an extra drizzle of maple syrup, if desired.