Baked nectarines

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 4 large nectarines
• 100 g biscuits (amarettini)
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 packets of vanilla sugar
• 150 ml Cointreau
• 2 tbsp oat flakes, fine
• 2 tbsp butter

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

delicious dessert, very good with red wine ice cream or vanilla ice cream

Wash the nectarines, halve them, and remove the stones. Scoop out some of the flesh from the halves. Place the removed flesh into a bowl and puree. Mix well with the sugar, egg yolks, vanilla sugar, and 75 ml Cointreau. Crumble the amaretti (mash them in a freezer bag) and fold them into the mixture along with the oats. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the nectarines, open-side up, in a buttered ovenproof casserole dish. Fill the nectarine halves with the mixture, garnish with knobs of butter, and pour over the remaining Cointreau. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes. Serve two nectarine halves on each plate with a scoop of ice cream. My red wine ice cream works best; the recipe is in my profile, but vanilla ice cream is also delicious.