Recipe information
Yield
Makes 2 servings
Ingredients
1/3 cup pecan halves
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg yolk
2 firm-ripe nectarines
Garnish: 4 pecan halves
Accompaniment: superpremium vanilla ice cream
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Step 2
In a small food processor pulse pecans until finely ground. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and yolk and pulse until combined. Halve and pit nectarines and arrange, cut sides up, on a small baking sheet. Divide pecan mixture among nectarine halves, mounding it in center, and garnish each mound with a pecan half. Sprinkle nectarines with remaining 1/2 tablespoon sugar.
Step 3
Bake stuffed nectarines in middle of oven until pecan mixture is golden, about 10 minutes.
Step 4
Serve nectarines with ice cream.
