Peches Melba

Name: Peches Melba
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 1 kilograms medium firm-ripe peaches; 340 grams package frozen raspberries (not in syrup), thawed; 118 milliliters sugar; 1 inch vanilla bean; 2 pints Accompaniment: superpremium vanilla ice cream; 79 milliliters water

Peches Melban is a gluten free and dairy free side dish. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 8g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 488 calories. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of lemon juice, water, vanilla bean, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours.

Instructions

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.

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Fruit

Peach

Water

Ice

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Slotted Spoon

Knife

Bowl

Pot

Transfer peaches to a cutting board and peel, starting with cut end, then cut in half, discarding pits.

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Peach

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Cutting Board

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.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

Sugar

Water

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Knife

Pot

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.

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Simple Syrup

Peach

Cool peaches in poaching liquid in pot, uncovered, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

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Peach

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Pot

Force raspberries through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on solids.

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Raspberries

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Sieve

Bowl

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.

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Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan