Grilled Peaches

What You Need to Know Before Grilling Peaches

• Pick Peaches That Hold Their Shape: I recommend choosing peaches that are only just ripe as if they are too soft they will fall apart when grilled.
• Prevent Sticking with Oil or Butter: The olive oil prevents the peaches from sticking. You can substitute it with melted melted if you prefer.
• No Grill? Try the Stovetop or Broiler Instead: We used a grill pan on our stovetop but these peaches can be grilled outside. If you don't have a grill you could use the broiler setting on your oven. Simply place the peaches on a foil-lined sheet and place under a hot broiler (cut sides up) for a few minutes. This method will caramelize more than grill so you won't get the grill lines but the peaches will still be absolutely delicious.

How to Grill Peaches in 4 Simple Steps:

• Gather your ingredients: you'll only need 3 things: fresh yellow peaches, olive oil, and honey.

• Wash, dry, and halve the peaches, removing the stones. Brush the cut sides with olive oil.

• Heat a dry grill pan over medium heat. Grill peaches cut side down for 4 minutes until softened and caramelized.

• Then flip and cook 2-3 minutes more.

When done: Transfer to a plate, drizzle with honey, and sprinkle thyme leaves. Serve warm with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Sweet Simple Ways to Serve Grilled Peaches

• Creamy Toppings: We love to serve these simple grilled peaches with vanilla ice cream but they also pair really well with a big scoop of mascarpone, ricotta or greek yogurt.
• Honey + Nuts: We went with a simple drizzle of honey as our topping - for extra texture,  you could also add crushed nuts like pistachios, almonds or pecans.
• Cheese Board: Add them to a cheese board-grilled peaches pair beautifully with soft cheeses like brie or goat cheese, a drizzle of balsamic glaze, and some crusty bread or crackers. Serve them over my baked brie.
• Salads: Slice and toss them into a summer salad with arugula or baby spinach, prosciutto, goat cheese, and a balsamic vinaigrette. Add grilled peaches to my strawberry spinach salad instead of strawberries.
• Grilled Peach Parfait: Turn them into a rustic dessert by layering with crushed graham crackers and whipped cream for an easy grilled peach parfait. Or, serve them as a topping for my no-bake ricotta cheesecake.
• Simple Peach Cake: Serve over pound cake or angel food cake or shortcake with a dollop of whipped cream. Here's a great strawberry shortcake cake recipe-just swap in grilled peaches instead!
• Breakfast: Serve them with yogurt and granola, cottage cheese, oatmeal, or alongside my pecan and peach Dutch baby.

Peach Salads

I have plenty of fresh summer peach salads on my site-feel free to use grilled peaches in them:

• Peach & Blackberry Spinach Salad with pecans, feta, and balsamic glaze.
• Peach & Blueberry Spinach Salad with prosciutto and pecans.
• Summer Stone Fruit Pasta Salad with cherries and peaches.
• Peach Tomato Caprese Salad
• Chicken & Peach Pasta Salad

Peach Desserts

• Peach & Blueberry Crisp with crunchy oatmeal, almond, and brown-sugar topping
• Strawberry Peach Greek Yogurt Cake
• Apple Blueberry Peach Coffee Cake
• Peach & Blueberry Greek Yogurt Cake
• Raspberry Peach Cake

Storage Tips

• Refrigerate: Grilled Peaches are best enjoyed fresh, but you can store them for a short period of 2-3 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
• Serve them cold with yogurt for a healthy breakfast or reheat briefly in the pan.