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By grilling ready-made pie dough, Dustin Todd Rennells creates the perfect vessel for lightly-charred peaches and rich vanilla ice cream. He tops off this seasonal masterpiece with freshly-made basil whipped cream. Nothing says summer like grilling fruit from the tree!

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Serves 5-6

Ingredients

Tartlet Crust

2 ready-made pie dough rounds
all-purpose flour (for dusting)
6 tbsp butter, melted
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon

For Peaches

3 peaches, pitted & sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 pint vanilla bean ice cream

Basil Whipped Cream

2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tbsp sugar
6-8 large basil leaves

How-to

Grill Dough

Preheat grill to medium-high heat (350º - 425º)
Sprinkle one pie dough round with flour and roll out until about ¼" in thickness. Set aside. Repeat with second round and cut 5-6 circles, about 4" in diameter. Brush tops of all of the rolled dough with melted buter
Place large dough round and small circles directly on the grill, butter-side-down. Grill dough until lines form, 3-5 minutes. Dough will release when finished cooking. Meanwhile brush top with butter and flip. Cook this side until browned and grill lines have formed, 3-5 additional minutes
Brush top sides once again with butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Let sit another minute or so on the grill, then remove and set aside

Grill Peaches

Soak wooden skewers for 30-60 minutes in water (if using)
Toss peach slices in olive oil. If your grill grates are too spaced apart and your peaches will fall through, skewer on the soaked wooden skewers
Grill 2-6 minutes each side until grill marks form and peaches are softened

Make Basil Whipped Cream

Meanwhile, while peaches grill, whip cream and sugar until medium peaks form, starting on low speed, increasing to medium speed when it starts to thicken, then reducing back down to low speed
Stir in chopped basil by hand, set aside for plating

Assemble

In a heat-proof bowl or sauce pan, melt butter atop grill. Add sugar and cinnamon, and stir to form a paste
Remove peaches from skewers and place in butter mixture, tossing gently
Place one grilled round on each plate. Break up the large grilled circle into smaller pieces to use for topping (a pizza wheel works well for this)
Scoop vanilla bean ice cream onto each round. Top with a few slices of peaches, a dollop of whipped cream, and a piece of pie dough to decorate