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Baked peaches with maple syrup and vanilla

Serves 4. From Nigel Slater

4 ripe peaches
4 tbsp maple syrup 
a pinch vanilla seeds, about the contents of 1 pod
juice of 1 lime

Baked peaches with maple syrup and vanilla. Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin

Set the oven at 200C/gas mark 6. Wipe the peaches and slice them in half. Discard the stones and place the fruit, cut side up, in a shallow baking dish.

Put the syrup in a bowl with the vanilla seeds and the lime juice. Mix well then pour over the peaches. Bake for approximately 35 minutes till the peaches are tender. It is good to baste the fruit from time to time as it cooks.