Peaches Melba
By á-25087
The leftover peach-poaching liquid makes a delicious sweetener for iced tea.
Ingredients
- For peaches
- 6 medium firm-ripe peaches (2 1/4 lb)
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 (1-inch) piece vanilla bean
- For raspberry sauce
- 1 (12-oz) package frozen raspberries (not in syrup), thawed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- Accompaniment: 2 pt superpremium vanilla ice cream
Details
Preparation
Step 1
Poach peaches:
Cut a shallow X in bottom of each peach with a sharp paring knife and immerse fruit in a 4-quart heavy pot (preferably wide) of boiling water 30 seconds, then transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking. Transfer peaches to a cutting board and peel, starting with cut end, then cut in half, discarding pits.
Combine sugar and water in cleaned pot. Halve vanilla bean lengthwise with a paring knife and scrape seeds into pot, then add pod and bring mixture to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add peaches, pitted sides down, to sugar syrup, then reduce heat and poach, covered, at a bare simmer 6 minutes. Turn peaches over and continue to poach, covered, until tender, 5 to 6 minutes more.
Cool peaches in poaching liquid in pot, uncovered, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Make raspberry sauce while peaches cool:
Force raspberries through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on solids.
Combine sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan. Cover pan (so condensation will wash any sugar crystals down side of pan) and bring to a boil, then remove lid and boil 2 minutes.
Immediately stir sugar syrup into raspberry purée and cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Stir in lemon juice. 3Serve peaches over ice cream and drizzled with sauce.
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