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Peaches Foster
If you're going to cook perfect summer peaches, give them the Foster treatment—caramelized in rum sauce—in this 10-minute one-pan dessert.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 10 min👤 Rebecca Firkser📖 epicurious
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●skillet
- ●spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Combine 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt, ¾ cup (150 g) sugar, and 3 Tbsp. water in a large stainless-steel skillet. Place over medium-high heat and cook, swirling pan occasionally, until sugar is dissolved, about ⏱️ 1 minute. Continue to cook, stirring gently with a heatproof rubber spatula as mixture starts to color and brushing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to keep sugar from crystallizing as needed, until bubbling and the color of pale honey, about ⏱️ 5 minutes. Immediately stir in ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into ½" pieces, room temperature, and remaining ¼ cup (50 g) sugar. Reduce heat to medium and stir in 2 tsp. vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract and ¼ tsp. coarsely ground pepper. Cook until sauce is furiously bubbling and deep amber, about ⏱️ 20 seconds.
. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt1 tsp(200 g) sugar, divided1 cup. vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract2 tsp
2
Gently add 5 yellow peaches, room temperature, halved through stem ends, pits removed, arranging cut side down, then scatter ½ cup coarsely chopped salted, roasted pecans or walnuts on top if using. Carefully drizzle ⅓ cup dark rum over.
(200 g) sugar, divided1 cupyellow peaches, room temperature, halved through stem ends, pits removed5
3
To flambé on a gas range, carefully tilt pan to catch flame, then turn off heat. If using an electric or induction range, use a long lighter to ignite sauce. Cook, shaking pan, until flames die out, about ⏱️ 45 seconds. (Alternatively, reduce heat to low and simmer, gently shaking pan occasionally, until sauce is syrupy, about ⏱️ 2 minutes; remove from heat.)
4
Using a large spoon, turn peaches over and top with scoops of vanilla ice cream as desired; sprinkle with flaky sea salt.
(200 g) sugar, divided1 cupVanilla ice cream (for serving)Flaky sea salt
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