Bourbon Peach Parfaits and Handcrafted Wooden Platters

peach segmentA couple weeks back, I was on AMHQ with Sam Champion and the gang, talking about peaches!  It’s a new segment I’ll be doing called, “What’s in Season?”  Scroll down for the delish bourbon peach parfait recipe…

Notice those gorgeous wooden serving trays?  They’re hand made by my talented friend, Michael Courts. They are $260 for a set of three. Check out www.mcmeubel.com for his incredible work.

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traysHere’s the segment if y’all missed it!

Bourbon Peach Parfaits

Ingredients

    For the peaches:
  • 4 peaches peeled and diced
  • 1/4 cup bourbon
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • For the whipped marscapone:
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 Tb vanilla
  • 2 (8oz) containers of marscapone cheese
  • 2 Tb honey or agave nectar
  • For the pecans:
  • 1 pound package of pecan pieces
  • 4 Tb butter
  • 2 Tb brown sugar
  • 1 Tb cumin
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt

Instructions

    For the peaches:
  1. Bring bourbon to a boil in a small saucepan. Add butter and melt down. Add sugar and stir to combine. Stir peaches into bourbon sugar mixture to fully coat. Drain peaches. Chill in fridge.
  2. For the whipped marscapone:
  3. Using a hand mixer, whip heavy whipping creams until soft peaks form. Scoop in both packages of marscapone with vanilla and honey or agave and continue to whip together until combined and smooth.
  4. For the pecans:
  5. Melt butter in small sauce pan and stir in brown sugar, cumin, salt and cayenne. Stir in pecans and coat and let simmer on low in pan for 10 minutes. Spread coated pecans on baking sheet to dry.
  6. To assemble:
  7. At the bottom of clear glass, layer peaches, cream and candied pecans two to three times, starting with peaches and ending with pecans so there are layers of delish!
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