Grilling peaches really brings out their flavour and they are the perfect summer dessert. Either cook them on the BBQ grill or a grill pan indoors for an easy flavour packed dessert that can be topped with either yogurt or ice cream. Grilled Peaches are made with just 4 ingredients and ready in under 10 minutes too.
Grilling peaches brings out their natural sweetness and gives it a slight caramelisation. It's one of our favourite ways to use peaches, as well as a Peach Smoothie, and it's a great way to use up under rip peaches. We have flavoured ours with honey and cinnamon for a delicious and healthy dessert.
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Why should you try it?
- The perfect summer dessert
- Easy to make vegan
- Just 4 ingredients
- Ready in under 10 minutes
- Can be made with plum or nectarines instead
- A great BBQ dessert for entertaining
Step by step
One: Brush the cut sides of the peaches with oil and then put them on the grill pan or BBQ grill rack cut side down.
Two: Cook on a gentle heat for around 4 minutes each side, until there are grill marks and the peaches have softened.
Three: Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with cinnamon and serve with vanilla ice cream (optional).
How to choose a peach
Before you even get to cooking the peach, you need to have chosen the perfect peach. You want it to be firm, but just ripe. Basically, not really hard or squishy - somewhere in between.
You want it to be firm enough to handle being grilled and not fall to pieces, but also ripe enough so it has flavour - but the grilling will help with that.
Cutting and pitting
Cutting a peach is a bit like cutting an avocado, or any stone fruit really. First you need to run a knife round the edge and then twist it open. Peaches have a natural seam, so it's best to follow that with your knife.
Once you have twisted it open, you will have two halves and the stone will have been revealed. To remove it, simply take a melon baller or a small ice cream scoop and scoop it out. You can't just stick a knife in to it and wiggle it out like you can with an avocado, as the pit of a peach is more fragile and it will fall apart.
What to serve them with
As soon as they come off the grill, we give them a drizzle of honey and a sprinkle of cinnamon and it's delicious. You could swap the honey for maple syrup to keep it vegan and change the spice for nutmeg or ginger.
This is a pretty light and healthy dessert, so if you want to keep it that way I would suggest serving it with some Greek yogurt or even some frozen yogurt. But, our favourite way to serve these is with some really good quality vanilla yogurt. It's the perfect paring.
FAQs
Although your first thought might be to cook them in butter, they will burn before they actually cook and you want to make sure that the peaches get nice and soft.
You want to use an oil with a high smoking point, so we used coconut oil for this and it gives it a nice extra flavour too. You could use avocado or canola oil though.
You can make these grilled peaches either outside on the BBQ Grill (the perfect outside summer dessert) or inside on a grill pan. They will both take around the same time. Just be aware that cooking them over a direct flame on the BBQ can make them burn a lot quicker.
Extra tips
- You can cook these on the BBQ grill or a grill pan indoors.
- Cooking on a gentle to medium heat is key.
- Grilled peaches are delicious served with Greek yogurt for something lighter, or vanilla ice cream for a more indulgent dessert.
- Add some extra flavour with a sprinkling of fresh mint just before serving.
- Leave the vanilla and honey out and just grill them plain for a really delicious addition to a green salad.
- You can also use this method with plums and nectarines.
- Make this dish vegan by swapping the honey for maple syrup.
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Grilled Peaches with Cinnamon and Honey
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 4 peaches halved and pit removed
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 pinch cinnamon
Instructions
- Brush the cut sides of the peaches with oil and then put them on the griddle pan or BBQ grill rack cut side down.
- Cook on a gentle heat for around 4 minutes each side, until there are grill marks and the peaches have softened.
- Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with cinnamon and serve with vanilla ice cream (optional).
Notes
- You can cook these on the BBQ grill or a grill pan indoors.
- Cooking on a gentle to medium heat is key.
- Grilled peaches are delicious served with Greek yogurt for something lighter, or vanilla ice cream for a more indulgent dessert.
- Add some extra flavour with a sprinkling of fresh mint just before serving.
- Leave the vanilla and honey out and just grill them plain for a really delicious addition to a green salad.
- You can also use this method with plums and nectarines.
- Make this dish vegan by swapping the honey for maple syrup.
Jennifer
I'm so glad these can be made on the grill pan inside or out on the grill because we really enjoyed these and I've love the option to make them whenever. It was such a great, creative dessert!
Toni
These are really amazing summer dessert! My family love them!
Adrianne
Oh yum!! IThe idea of grilling this delicious fruit is perfect and the touch of honey sounds amazing too. Simple and delicious, yum!!
Alice | SkinnySpatula
Such an innovative idea! Never had grilled peaches, but they are definitely something I must try. P.S., your photos are gorgeous!
Shashi
Your photos are gorgeous! I usually poach peaches and enjoy it with ice cream - but this sounds so wonderful - next time I'm grilling peaches instead of poaching them!
Paul Wilson
Just a thought. On Nigella's site they have a system whereby you can login and bookmark any recipes you want to remember. Maybe you could do something similar. Might also then give you more information about your followers and what they like.
Dannii
You can do that with Pinterest too :)
Natalie
I never had grilled peaches before but this looks so perfect and sounds so good I must give it a try asap. I'm saving this for the weekend. Can't wait to make it.