Quick Peach-Compote Dessert Cups

Name: Quick Peach-Compote Dessert Cups
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: 12 ounces pitted, chopped peaches (3 medium); 1.25 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; Pinch of kosher salt; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 cup mascarpone; Amaretti or gingersnap cookies, crushed (about 1/2 cup)

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By

Riley Wofford

Updated on July 8, 2021

quick peach-compote dessert cups topped with crushed cookies — Photo: Linda Xiao

Prep Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

2 hrs

Servings:

4

Yield:

6 to 8 Serves

If your peaches have become a little too soft for eating out of hand, cook them into this quick and easy compote. Then, for a surefire summer hit, layer the sweet and floral elixir with extra-creamy whipped cream and crunchy cookie crumbles.

Ingredients

12 ounces pitted, chopped peaches (3 medium)
1 ¼ cups sugar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Pinch of kosher salt
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup mascarpone
Amaretti or gingersnap cookies, crushed (about 1/2 cup)

Directions

Bring peaches, sugar, lemon juice, and salt to a boil in a saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves; mash lightly with a potato masher. Skim foam and continue to cook, stirring, until thickened to the consistency of loose jam, 8 to 10 minutes.
Transfer to a heat-proof bowl; let cool completely (you should have about 1 1/2 cups).
To serve, whip heavy cream to soft peaks. Mix in mascarpone and beat until smooth and silken. Spoon into bowls and layer with compote and crushed cookies.