BAKED PEACHES, ALMOND GRANOLA AND WHIPPED RICOTTA

Make the best of the Summer’s fresh stone fruits. This is quick enough to make for an impromptu pudding or can be prepared ahead and served cold, if you like. Try it for an indulgent weekend brunch, too!

Hands-on time 15min, plus cooling. Cooking time about 25min. Serves 4

❖ 4 firm but ripe peaches or nectarines, halved and de-stoned ❖ 200ml (⅓ pint) Sauternes, or other sweet wine ❖ ½ vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped out, or ½tsp vanilla bean paste ❖ 250g tub ricotta ❖ 1tsp runny honey for the granola ❖ 40g (1½oz) whole jumbo oats ❖ 40g (1½oz) blanched almonds ❖ 25g (1oz) butter ❖ 1tbsp runny honey

1 Preheat the oven to 190°C (170°C fan) mark 5. Arrange fruit halves in a roasting tin, cut-side up. Drizzle over the sweet wine, add the vanilla pod and seeds, or paste, and cover with foil. Set aside. 2 For the granola, put half of the oats and almonds into a small food processor and whiz until finely ground, then add the rest of the oats and almonds and pulse briefly until the nuts are roughly chopped. Transfer to a bowl. Gently heat the butter and honey together in a small pan until melted. Add to the almond and oat mixture and stir to combine. Scatter over a baking tray lined with baking parchment. 3 Put fruit on the middle shelf of the oven and the granola below them. Bake both for 10min – check granola halfway through and break up with a fork. After 10min, or when granola is golden, take it out of the oven. Remove foil from the fruit and bake for a further 10-15min, or until tender. Set aside both to cool for at least 10min before serving. 4 Meanwhile, whisk ricotta with the honey until smooth. Serve 2 fruit halves with a dollop of whipped ricotta, then drizzle over the sweet wine cooking liquor and sprinkle with granola. PER SERVING 263cals, 9g protein, 13g fat (6g saturates), 18g carbs (15g total sugars), 3g fibre GET AHEAD Bake granola and fruit up to a day ahead. Cool completely, then transfer granola to an airtight container and cover and chill peaches. Remove peaches from fridge an hour before serving to bring back to room temperature.