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  • Serves 8
  • 40 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 11 Ingredients
November 27, 2014

93 Comments

A spectacular festive dessert doesn’t have to take you hours. The best thing about this recipe is it’s all in the pudding, and that’s done for you.


Ingredients (serves 8)

  • 1 Luxury Read-Made Christmas Pudding
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons bourbon
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 4 ripe but firm peaches, sliced in half + pits removed
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup loosely packed brown sugar

Method

  1. Heavily press the cut side of the peaches into the combined salt and sugar and bring the olive oil and the butter to heat in a heavy based pan. Place the peaches flesh side down into the butter and leave them for about 8 minutes to really caramelise and turn a dark golden colour. Sprinkle in a little more of the sugar and turn the peaches over cooking them for another 5 minutes. Remove them from the pan and set them aside.
  2. Pour the sugar and water into the same pan and bring to a rapid simmer over medium heat swirling the mixture until the sugar dissolves. Without stirring, lower the heat and let the mix simmer until the colour changes to a golden brown, about 5-8 minutes. Turn off heat and slowly stir in the cream until it combines, add in a pinch of salt and set aside until needed.
  3. Heat the pudding as recommended on the pack, slice and serve with a peach half and some of the warmed caramel sauce.

Notes

-It is important not to stir the sugar and water when it starts to boil or it will form crystals and may not dissolve properly, leaving it grainy. -If your peaches are super ripe, cook them a little less so that they don’t end up too mushy. -For faster ripening, place peaches in a brown paper bag on kitchen counter. -Choose peaches that have a strong perfume as this means they’ll have a well-developed flavour. Select firm and plump fruit, and store at room temperature for best flavour results. -Once your peaches have reached your desired ripeness, then and only then should you place them in the refrigerator. -To prepare peaches, wash before eating or cooking and remove the stone by cutting around the seam of the fruit, twist both halves in opposite directions to separate the fruit and use a knife to gently cut around the stone and remove. -Peaches, like apples and pears, tend to brown after being sliced, to avoid this toss or cover slices with a little lemon juice.

  • What a great cheats idea. This looks awesome.

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  • Thanks for sharing – looks great in the photo.

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  • I just need to taste little bit.This might be so sweet.

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  • I’m not a fan of pudding at all, so I always buy one for those that want it. There are some awesome ones on the market.

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  • Thanks for sharing this delicious dessert.

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  • Thank you for sharing. Looks great

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  • Will have to look into the pudding, thank you for the recipe.

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  • Oh wow, that looks amazing. I want to eat this now!!!

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  • Could you come and cook this for me??? :-) It looks splendid!!

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  • Sounds delicious. Great recipe with the bonus being that you don’t have to make the pudding as well

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  • At first it seems like there’s a lot going on there but… I love how you don’t have to make the pudding too!! A yummy winter dessert and fab idea with peaches.

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  • Thanks for the instructions for the peaches and sauce, I would eat those on their own even! The pudding looks delicious too, would be nice for Christmas also, but I am the only one in my family who likes to eat fruit puddings so I’d have to stop myself from eating the whole thing!

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  • wow could actually go for this right now.

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  • Ooh wow, this looks rather indulgent.

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  • I’m not such a huge fan of fruit puddings, even at Christmas, but I love the additions added to his and the fruit. Sounds like a great winter recipe.

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