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Eleven Awesome Stone Fruit Desserts to Try Now

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It' still harvest time but fresh and local stone fruit won't be around for much longer. Sometimes mistakenly called the seed, the stone fruit's pit or stone is what distinguishes it from other fruits. Peaches, plums, cherries, nectarines, and apricots are classic stone fruits available; while hybrids such as plots, plumcots and apriums are amazing when you have the chance to try them. We've complied to list of the 11 best stone fruit desserts to try now to help you get your fix before the short season comes to an end.

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Fior di Latte

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The gelato at Fior di Latte is some of the best in the city but not to be missed is the peach sorbet. The concentrated flavor screams summer in all the right ways.

Potager

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Potager focuses on the most seasonal ingredients, so during the summer months peaches, plums and nectarines are always on the dessert menu. The menu changes daily but you can always find a simple crisp or pie that is worth the trip.

Beast + Bottle

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For a dish that makes the summer bounty shine, head to Beast + Bottle for peach fritters with sweet corn ice cream, preserved cherry tomatoes and lemon basil.

The Plimoth

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Head to this neighborhood spot for the Fruit Tart (crème pâtissière, summer berries and golden plums, strawberry coulis, lemon honey glaze), or the Red Plum Frangipane Tartlet, (plum compote, brown butter crème Anglaise), or the Cast Iron Cobbler (Palisade peaches, caramel ice cream). Or maybe get all three!

Mercantile Dining & Provision

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This newly opened restaurant in Union Station features reinterpreted peach Melba dessert. It brings together Palisade peaches, a toasted almond cake, a peach mousse, and a raspberry sorbet.

Colt & Gray

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Colt & Gray's dessert menu offers two options for enjoying the seasonal stone fruit. The chocolate Ellie is served with "tipsy" cherries and a cherry pit ice cream and the saffron panna cotta is paired with compressed plums, oranges and green almonds.

Fuel Cafe

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One of the desserts featured on the September menu, the key lime parfait, is crowned by Kolibri Farm peaches, a ginger lace cookie, and citrus gastrique.

Old Major

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Head to Old Major for a twist on a classic black forest cake: chocolate cake, pistachio ice cream, Colorado sour cherries and whipped cream. And if that doesn't suit your mood, try the Triple Cream Danish with Palisade peaches.

Harman's

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Nothing says summer in Colorado like a Palisade Peach Crumble. At this Cherry Creek restaurant, it's served with smoked almonds and basil ice cream.

Table Top

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This new Park Hill restaurant helmed by chef Brady Marcotte offers an olive oil cake with roasted nectarines, plums and a sour cream sorbet at the end of dinner.
There is always a seasonal selection among the desserts at Mizuna and right now, one that cannot be missed is the Bing cherry bread pudding with white chocolate ganache and chantilly.

Fior di Latte

The gelato at Fior di Latte is some of the best in the city but not to be missed is the peach sorbet. The concentrated flavor screams summer in all the right ways.

Potager

Potager focuses on the most seasonal ingredients, so during the summer months peaches, plums and nectarines are always on the dessert menu. The menu changes daily but you can always find a simple crisp or pie that is worth the trip.

Beast + Bottle

For a dish that makes the summer bounty shine, head to Beast + Bottle for peach fritters with sweet corn ice cream, preserved cherry tomatoes and lemon basil.

The Plimoth

Head to this neighborhood spot for the Fruit Tart (crème pâtissière, summer berries and golden plums, strawberry coulis, lemon honey glaze), or the Red Plum Frangipane Tartlet, (plum compote, brown butter crème Anglaise), or the Cast Iron Cobbler (Palisade peaches, caramel ice cream). Or maybe get all three!

Mercantile Dining & Provision

This newly opened restaurant in Union Station features reinterpreted peach Melba dessert. It brings together Palisade peaches, a toasted almond cake, a peach mousse, and a raspberry sorbet.

Colt & Gray

Colt & Gray's dessert menu offers two options for enjoying the seasonal stone fruit. The chocolate Ellie is served with "tipsy" cherries and a cherry pit ice cream and the saffron panna cotta is paired with compressed plums, oranges and green almonds.

Fuel Cafe

One of the desserts featured on the September menu, the key lime parfait, is crowned by Kolibri Farm peaches, a ginger lace cookie, and citrus gastrique.

Old Major

Head to Old Major for a twist on a classic black forest cake: chocolate cake, pistachio ice cream, Colorado sour cherries and whipped cream. And if that doesn't suit your mood, try the Triple Cream Danish with Palisade peaches.

Harman's

Nothing says summer in Colorado like a Palisade Peach Crumble. At this Cherry Creek restaurant, it's served with smoked almonds and basil ice cream.

Table Top

This new Park Hill restaurant helmed by chef Brady Marcotte offers an olive oil cake with roasted nectarines, plums and a sour cream sorbet at the end of dinner.

Mizuna

There is always a seasonal selection among the desserts at Mizuna and right now, one that cannot be missed is the Bing cherry bread pudding with white chocolate ganache and chantilly.

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