Ingredients
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- 1 tub mascarpone cheese
- 1/2 sugar
- 1 tsp. amaretto (optional)
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 peach panettone or columbo bread, sliced and cut into 1” pieces
- 6 fresh peaches, skin removed, pit removed, and sliced
- 12 amaretti cookies, crumbled
- fresh raspberries to garnish
- fresh mint leaves to garnish
Instructions
- Using a hand-mixer or stand-up mixer with the whisk attachment, on medium speed, blend together the mascarpone cheese, 1/2 of the sugar until light and fluffy. Add the amaretto at this point if you choose to use it. Set aside in another bowl.
- In a mixing bowl add the heavy whipping cream and the remaining sugar and blend on high speed just until stiff peaks form, about a minute or two.
- Turn the mixer off and carefully fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture.
- Slice the panettone or Colombo bread into 1″ slices, then into 1″ cubes.
- Slice the peaches.
- Begin to layer the parfaits with the cubes of bread/cake first.
- Then spoon on a layer of the mascarpone cream.
- Then place a layer of sliced peaches on top of the cream.
- Continue until 2 or 3 layers are completed.
- Garnish with an Italian amaretti cookie, a sprig of mint, and a raspberry.
- ENJOY! Buon Appetito!
