Description
Pan-fried peaches are a quick and delicious way to enjoy fresh peaches with a caramelized, buttery glaze enhanced by warm spices like cinnamon and ginger. Perfect as a warm dessert topping or side, these peaches pair wonderfully with ice cream, yogurt, or pancakes for a comforting treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Peaches
- 4 fresh peaches
Butter Mixture
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar (adjust to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger powder
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Prepare the Peaches: Cut each peach in half vertically and remove the pit carefully to keep the peach halves intact.
- Make the Butter Mixture: In a frying pan, melt the unsalted butter over medium heat. Add brown sugar, cinnamon powder, ginger powder, and a pinch of salt. Stir the mixture until smooth and the sugar begins to dissolve.
- Cook the Peaches (First Side): Place the peach halves cut side down into the pan with the butter mixture. Cook them for 5-7 minutes over medium heat until the cut side browns and caramelizes beautifully.
- Flip and Cook the Other Side: Gently turn the peaches over and cook the skin side down for an additional 2-3 minutes to warm through and slightly soften.
- Serve: Remove the peaches from the pan and serve them hot. They are wonderful when paired with ice cream, yogurt, pancakes, or your favorite dish.
Notes
- You can substitute peaches with similar fruits like nectarines, apples, plums, bananas, or pineapples for this recipe.
- Instead of halving, make peach slices for sautéing, but keep them thick enough to hold together during cooking.
- Cook longer if you prefer darker caramelized patches and a subtle smoky flavor.
- Experiment with additional spices like nutmeg, cloves, or vanilla for different flavor profiles.
- Swap brown sugar with maple syrup, honey, palm sugar, white sugar, or dark brown sugar as preferred.
- Vegans can use coconut oil or vegan butter instead of dairy butter.
- A grill pan can be used as an alternative to a regular frying pan to produce grilled peaches.
- If using salted butter, omit adding extra salt in the recipe.
- Refer to the full article for more tips and tricks to perfect this recipe.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 of recipe (about half a peach with butter and sugar glaze)
- Calories: 110 kcal
- Sugar: 11 g
- Sodium: 45 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
