Peach breton with honey and pistachios

by Ed Halmagyi

Ingredients

  • 115g salted butter, softened
  • 115g caster sugar
  • finely-grated zest of 1 lemon
  • scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 150g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 ripe peaches, halved and finely-sliced
  • 2 Tbsp pistachios, finely chopped
  • ½ cup honey
  • berry ice cream, to serve

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine the butter, sugar, lemon zest, vanilla and cinnamon in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat with the paddle attachment for 3 minutes, until very light and cream. Beat in the egg yolks, then sift in the flour and baking powder, mixing until smooth.
2 Pipe the batter into four buttered and floured 8cm metal dessert rings arranged on a lined baking tray. Bake for 20 minutes, until golden and just set. Allow to cool, then remove from the rings.
3 Scoop a spoonful out from of the cake, then arrange the sliced peaches in the centre in a floret. Scatter with pistachios and drizzle with honey, then serve warm with berry ice cream.