Peach Melba
Author: White House chef, Henry Haller. 1988
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 6
- 6 medium peaches, very ripe
- Granulated sugar
- Vanilla extract
- 1 quart vanilla ice cream
- 1 pint fresh raspberries
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- 1 cup very cold whipping cream
- Peel the peaches, slice in half and remove pits
- Set large skillet on the stove and add about one inch of water Add sugar, one part sugar to four parts water approximately, heat and stir to dissolve
- Add vanilla extract to taste
- Set to simmer and add the peaches for about five minutes then remove the peaches and set aside
- Scoop out 12 small scoops of ice cream.Set on a chilled serving platter or chilled individual dishes (two scoops per dish)
- Lightly press one peach half onto each scoop, cut side down.
- Freeze for 5 - 1 minutes but no longer
- Puree the raspberries. Transfer to a bowl and mix with the powdered sugar
- Remove peaches from the freezer, spoon raspberry sauce over then sprinkle with almonds
- In a chilled bowl, whip the cream until stiff.Using a chilled pastry bag, fitted with a small star tip, decorate the tops
Recipe by JAQUO Lifestyle Magazine at https://jaquo.com/nellie-melba-prince-philippe-peach-recipe/
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