I am going to tell you about the only dessert I make in the summer, because it is the only one I need.
Grilled peaches with Hot Honey. That is it.
Sometimes I'll add some Mint or basil or some cottage cheese or if I'm feeling randy, some ice cream.
Five minutes, one piece of fruit, and a drizzle, and you have something that tastes like you fussed when you absolutely did not.
Here is how it goes.
GRILLED PEACHES WITH HOT HONEY
You will need:
- Ripe peaches, halved and pitted
- Spice Witch Hot Honey
- Something creamy: mascarpone, burrata, vanilla ice cream, or a spoon of Greek yogurt
- Flaky salt
What you do:
Heat a grill or a grill pan over medium high. You want it hot enough to leave a mark.
Place the peaches cut side down. Do not move them. Wait three to four minutes, until they have deep grill marks and have started to soften.
Move them to a plate, cut side up.
Add a spoon of something creamy into the hollow where the pit was.
Drizzle Hot Honey over the whole thing. Be generous. This is dessert.
Finish with a pinch of flaky salt.
Eat warm.
WHY THE HONEY MAKES IT
A ripe peach is already sweet. What it is missing is contrast. Hot Honey gives you the sweet to match the fruit and then a slow lean of heat underneath that keeps it from being one note. The salt sharpens all of it. The cream pulls it together. It is four ingredients pretending to be a real recipe.
A NOTE ON THE PEACHES
Peaches not quite there yet? The grill fixes that — heat pulls out sweetness that hasn't shown up on its own. Perfectly ripe is even better, just be gentle with them so they don't fall through the grates.
This is the dessert for the night you have people over and forgot to plan one. Nobody needs to know it took five minutes. That can be our secret.
Make it once this summer. You will make it ten more times.
Make it with
Spice Witch Hot Honey
Real honey with slow-building chili heat. Small batch, made in Asheville, NC.
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