Instructions: Place the amaretti, almonds, cocoa, 1/4 cup sugar, and pulse until it becomes a fairly fine powder. Add the 2 tbsp amaretto and pulse until a paste is formed.

Zest the lemon, then cut it in half. Cut the peaches in half and remove the stones. Rub the cut surface of each peach (as you cut it) with the cut lemon.

Dip the cut surface into sugar (on a saucer).

Into a glass oven-proof dish with 2 inch sides, place the water, 1/2 cup sugar,
lemon zest and 1 tbsp amaretto.

Stuff the peaches with the paste and place the peaches, cut sides up, into the
oven dish. Heat the peaches in a 425 deg. oven, for 30 minutes. If the liquid in
the oven dish begins to disappear, add a small amount of water. When the peaches are softened and cooked through, remove from the oven (turn off the oven), and set on a wood surface or a thickness of towels. Serve each person with 2 peach halves and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Spoon some of the syrup from the oven dish over each serving of peaches and ice cream.

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