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Broiled peach halves topped with blue cheese and bacon

Caramelized Peaches with Bacon & Blue Cheese

Michele Pesula Kuegler
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Appetizer
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 3 slices regular cut bacon
  • 2 peaches
  • 3 tablespoons blue cheese
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400°.
  • Heat large frying pan over medium heat.
  • Add bacon and cook until crisp.
  • Transfer fully cooked bacon to a paper towel-lined plate.
  • Cut peaches in half (using the crease as a guide) and remove pit.
  • Place peaches, cut side down, on a greased, rimmed baking dish.
  • Roast for 8-10 minutes or until tender.
  • While peaches bake, place blue cheese in a small bowl.
  • Crumble bacon into small pieces, adding it to the cheese.
  • Use a fork to combine the cheese and bacon.
  • Remove peaches from oven, and flip so that they are cut side up.
  • Change oven from bake to broil.
  • Move a rack to the highest shelf in the oven.
  • Fill peach centers with blue cheese and bacon.
  • Sprinkle sugar over peaches.
  • Place under broiler for 15-30 seconds.*

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Notes

*Instead of broiling the peaches, you can caramelize them with a kitchen torch.
Keyword peaches