Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

　　1/3 cup pecan halves

　　2 1/2 tablespoons sugar

　　1 large egg yolk

　　2 firm-ripe nectarines

　　Garnish: 4 pecan halves

　　Accompaniment: superpremium vanilla ice cream

　　

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425°F.

　　

Step 2

In a small food processor pulse pecans until finely ground. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and yolk and pulse until combined. Halve and pit nectarines and arrange, cut sides up, on a small baking sheet. Divide pecan mixture among nectarine halves, mounding it in center, and garnish each mound with a pecan half. Sprinkle nectarines with remaining 1/2 tablespoon sugar.

　　

Step 3

Bake stuffed nectarines in middle of oven until pecan mixture is golden, about 10 minutes.

　　

Step 4

Serve nectarines with ice cream.