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    Home > Dessert > Vanilla Roasted Peaches With Mascarpone Cheese

    Vanilla Roasted Peaches With Mascarpone Cheese

    Published: Jul 7, 2022 by Lea Ann Brown · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Vanilla baked peaches with mascarpone cheese.

    Vanilla Roasted Peaches is a beautiful and easy Summer peach dessert recipe. Peaches are roasted in a vanilla butter sauce then placed in an angel food dessert cup and topped with mascarpone cheese. Garnished with raspberries and mint = restaurant quality easy baked peaches dessert.

    Vanilla roasted peaches with mascarpone, raspberries on a Versace plate.

    Colorado Western Slope Peaches are making abundant appearance in our grocery stores, farmer’s markets and our kitchen. Beautiful fuzzy fruit full of wonderful juicy flavor. 

    We’ve been cherishing every single bite. With our record-breaking hot summer temperatures and traditional Colorado cool evenings, this year’s crop has seemed even better than ever.

    About Colorado Peaches

    Colorado peaches are most famously grown on our Western slope in and around the town of Palisade. Colorado peaches are known for being extra juicy and extra sweet, thanks to the long sunny hot days and cool Colorado summer nights. That equals perfect conditions for fruity sugars to develop. Peaches have been grown in this area since 1881.

    Once the farmers in this area realized how rich in nutrient the soil was in this area, growing expanded to include apples, pears, grapes, apricots and cherries. Today Palisade Colorado is home to thousands of acres of orchards, farms and vineyards.

    Why We Love This Recipe

    If you’re looking for Desserts with Mascarpone Cheese, and sweet mascarpone recipes you’ve got to give this baked peaches recipe a try.

    This easy dessert is one of my favorite things to make during peach season.

    Simple fresh flavors that work so well together. Caramelized peaches flavored with vanilla, lemon and butter and topped with a big dollop of creamy mascarpone cheese most certainly makes for a wonderful treat.

    Where I Learned To Make This Recipe

    Years ago, Whole Foods Market was featuring Colorado peaches and serving up bite-sized servings of this roasted peaches dessert during an in-store demo for easy desserts using fresh peaches.

    Quite a frenzied crowd had gathered, but with persistence, I managed to get a dribble by dribble description of how to make this at home.

    Easy to make, let’s take a look:

    Ingredients You’ll Need

    Ingredients to make roasted peaches with mascarpone.
    • Fresh Raspberries
    • Fresh Peach Halves
    • Lemon
    • Butter
    • Sugar
    • Mascarpone Cheese
    • Vanilla
    • Dessert Shells

    Ingredient Substitutions

    • Raspberries. Substitute strawberries, blueberries or blackberries for the raspberries.
    • Sugar: For a richer vanilla butter sauce, substitute brown sugar or even maple syrup for the granulated white sugar.
    • Mascarpone Cheese: Substitute whipped cream or Cool Whip for the Mascarpone. A dollop of vanilla ice cream would also be a sweet treat. Try Greek Yogurt for a healthier option.
    • Dessert Shells: You can also use a slice of Angel Food Cake in place of the Dessert Shells.

    Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone – How To

    Making vanilla glaze for roasted peaches in a baking dish.
    Fresh peach halves in a butter vanilla glaze.
    Baked roasted peaches in a vanilla butter sauce.
    • Step 1: Preheat that oven. We’re going to get that oven nice and toasty to caramelize the peaches. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
    • Step 2: Prepare the vanilla flavoring for the peaches In a shallow baking dish or baking sheet pan, combine melted butter, lemon juice, sugar and vanilla. Add peeled and pitted peaches and turn to coat with butter mixture. Arrange, cut side down in a single layer.
    • Step 3: Baby those peaches Roast until peaches are tender and cooking liquid is syrupy, 15 – 20 min, brushing with cooking liquid halfway through.

    How To Build This Dessert

    A vanilla dessert shell on Versace dessert plate.
    Roasted peach half on a vanilla dessert shell.
    • Step 1: Place the vanilla dessert shells on dessert plates.
    • Step 2: Place a roasted peach cut side up on each dessert shell.
    A roasted peach on a vanilla dessert shell topped with mascarpone cheese.
    Roasted peaches with mascarpone cheese on a dessert shell drizzled with vanilla butter sauce.
    • Step 3: Top each peach with a dollop of mascarpone cheese.
    • Step 4: Drizzle each dessert with a big spoonful of the vanilla butter sauce from the baking pan.
    Vanilla roasted peaches with mascarpone cheese and raspberries.

    Presentation Tip

    Finish the dessert by garnishing with a mint leaf and sprinkle fresh raspberries around the dessert shell. Sprinkle a few dots of the vanilla butter syrup along the perimeter of the dessert shell.

    What’s The Easiest Way To Peel Peaches?

    Fill a medium sauce pan 3/4 way full with water. Bring water to a boil then turn down to a simmer. Lower ripe peaches into the simmering water and blanch them for 1 minute. Remove peaches from the water, place in an ice bath and the skins will fall right off.Simmering peaches for easy peeling.Boiled peaches in an ice bath for easy peeling.

    How To Store Left Over Roasted Peaches?

    These baked peaches will store easily and are delicious the next day. Place roasted peaches in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 – 4 days. Microwave them individually for about 30 seconds to warm them up.

    Can This Recipe Be Made Ahead?

    You can roast the peaches up to a couple of days in advance. Store the peaches and the syrup in an air tight container. Either bring the peaches and syrup to room temperature, or microwave in 15 second increments until the syrup is back to melted stage and peaches are warm. Proceed with the recipe.

    Recipe for Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone Cheese

    I hope you give this easy mascarpone dessert with baked peaches recipe a try. It’s a lovely fresh peach recipe for entertaining. And it’s easy.

    More Peach Dessert Recipes

    • Fresh Peach Blueberry Pie
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    And if you’re looking for more dessert recipes, don’t miss my dessert category. You’ll find lots of great recipes to satisfy that sweet tooth, including the most popular dessert recipe on my site for Cream Cheese Flan.

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    Vanilla roasted peaches with mascarpone, raspberries on a Versace plate.

    Vanilla Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone and Raspberries

    An easy restaurant quality peach summer dessert.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 1742kcal
    Author: Lea Ann Brown

    Ingredients

    • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
    • 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 lemon
    • 2 Tablespoons sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 whole peaches firm/ripe/halved
    • 8 ounces mascarpone cheese room temperature
    • 1 pint raspberries
    • 4 Vanilla dessert shells
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
    • In a large shallow baking dish combine butter, lemon juice, sugar and vanilla. Add peaches and turn to coat with butter mixture. Arrange, cut side down in a single layer.
    • Roast until peaches are tender and cooking liquid is syrupy and starting to turn a golden color. 15 – 20 min. Brush with vanilla butter sauce halfway through.
    • Place a roasted peach in a dessert shell. Fill the center with a dollop of room temperature mascarpone cheese. Drizzle some of the vanilla butter sauce. Garnish with mint leaves and scatter a few raspberries around the dessert shell.

    Notes

    Presentation Tip: Finish the dessert by garnishing with a mint leaf and sprinkle fresh raspberries around the dessert shell. Sprinkle a few dots of the vanilla butter syrup along the perimeter of the dessert shell.
    Best Way To Peel Peaches: Fill a medium sauce pan 3/4 way full with water. Bring water to a boil then turn down to a simmer. Lower ripe peaches into the simmering water and blanch them for 1 minute. Drain and when cool enough to handle, the skins will fall right off.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 1742kcal | Carbohydrates: 143g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 113g | Saturated Fat: 53g | Cholesterol: 140mg | Sodium: 843mg | Potassium: 179mg | Fiber: 21g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 1008IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 109mg | Iron: 27mg
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    Vanilla Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone and Raspberries…It’s What’s for Dessert.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. John / Kitchen Riffs says

      July 13, 2022 at 8:27 am

      It’s peach season here! So this is really timely. Terrific flavors, recipe. Thanks!

      Reply
    2. Larry says

      July 09, 2022 at 7:15 am

      Still looks very good and I haven’t seen those dessert cups in a long while. As a kid, mom used them for strawberry shortcake.

      Reply
    3. vianney says

      September 16, 2012 at 9:16 pm

      roasted peaches are one of my weakness…i dollop them on everything!! LOL!!

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 17, 2012 at 6:40 am

        I’m beginning to think the same way Vianney.

        Reply
    4. Rhonda says

      September 10, 2012 at 10:06 pm

      I’m not much of a dessert person but you’ve totally got me hooked on this one!

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 11, 2012 at 6:48 am

        I’m not a dessert person at all, but do love fruit type desserts. And especially strawberry shortcake with whipped cream.

        Reply
    5. Chris says

      September 08, 2012 at 1:02 pm

      Alexis loves anything with mascarpone but this would really float her boat!

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 09, 2012 at 12:57 pm

        Mascarpone is pretty darn special. However, I tried a slather of it on a bagel the other morning and thought it was awful. Definitely has it’s place on certain dishes and flavors.

        Reply
    6. dan says

      September 07, 2012 at 10:06 am

      Wow. Just wow. Picture is tantalizing!

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 08, 2012 at 6:15 am

        Thanks Dan

        Reply
    7. Vickie says

      September 06, 2012 at 6:06 pm

      amaZING! This looks like a flavor explosion and the picture is fabulous. I am so impressed but sad that we don’t have Western Slope Peaches.

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 08, 2012 at 6:17 am

        We all go through a peach frenzy every year in August. Ohmy they are good.

        Reply
    8. Cathy @ Noble Pig says

      September 06, 2012 at 3:27 pm

      Gorgeous…I just picked up some white peaches this morning…yum!

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 08, 2012 at 6:17 am

        I’ve never tried white peaches Cathy. Next time I see them in the market, I’ll have to pick a couple up.

        Reply
    9. Barbara | Creative Culinary says

      September 06, 2012 at 2:11 pm

      I love this combination of flavors Lea Ann…and well I’m impressed…you know you and a DESSERT!

      I am a grillaholic though…so I grill some the cakes and grill some peaches and add those together with raspberries and whipped cream. I’ll bet these are fabulous though with that syrup. I just got peaches. I HAVE to try this.

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 08, 2012 at 6:18 am

        LOL Barb…. oh you just wait, I’ve actually baked cookies. :::gasp

        Reply
    10. Karen says

      September 06, 2012 at 10:57 am

      Oh, yum! When I get my hands on some good peaches, these are going on the grill!

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 08, 2012 at 6:18 am

        I have grilled them also for this dish. You just don’t get the syrup.

        Reply
    11. Karen Harris says

      September 06, 2012 at 6:42 am

      Colorado peaches are the best. What beautiful colors.

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 08, 2012 at 6:19 am

        I agree about those Colorado peaches.

        Reply
    12. Kirsten@ My Kitchen in the Rockies says

      September 05, 2012 at 8:46 pm

      5 stars
      That’s a great dessert. I also ate grilled Colorado peaches for dessert today. Did you ever try to actually grill them on the barbeque?

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 08, 2012 at 6:19 am

        I have grilled them Kirsten. They are fabulous.

        Reply
    13. Larry says

      September 05, 2012 at 7:09 pm

      Looks super good LA. Hard to beat good freash peaches and raspberries.

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        September 08, 2012 at 6:20 am

        It’s just flat out hard to beat a Colorado Peach.

        Reply

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