Poached Peaches, Summer Berries and Raspberry Sauce

By Moira Hodgson

Published July 6, 1991

Total Time
20 minutes
Rating
5(32)
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

FOR THE PECHES

  • 4 large ripe peaches

  • Juice ½ lemon

  • 1 cup dry white wine

  • ½ cup sugar

  • 2 teaspoons cardamon seeds, tied in a cheesecloth

FOR THE RASPBERRY SAUCE

  • ½ pint raspberries

  • ½ cup sugar

FOR THE FRUIT GARNISH

  • ½ pint raspberries

  • ½ pint blueberries

  • ½ pint blackberries

  • 4 sprigs mint

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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

88 grams carbs; 394 calories; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 1 gram fat; 11 grams fiber; 6 milligrams sodium; 4 grams protein; 74 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Plunge the peaches into boiling water; remove them and slip off their skins. Place the fruit in a saucepan large enough to hold them in one layer. Cover the peches with the lemon juice, white wine, sugar and cardamon, and add enough water to cover if necessary. Poach for 10 minutes, turning frequently. Drain, reserving the cooking liquid. Boil the liquid to one-half cup.

  2. Step 2

    Cook the raspberries in the peach cooking liquid for five minutes. Puree them in a food processor and strain through a sieve.

  3. Step 3

    Place a pool of raspberry sauce on each of four plates. Put the peach in the middle and arrange the raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

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Douglas

I'm afraid I need to be told what to do with the half cup of sugar indicated for the raspberry sauce. Add it to the peach cooking liquid? I did and got raspberry jam.

DAN

The last note was for the poached peaches summer berries in white wine. Again pictures help. This one was good but less flavorful. The blueberry/wine darkened the peaches so the color contrast was lost. We added peach ice cream when it was served.

DAN

Great dessert that all the guests enjoyed. Beautifully plated with half of peach , split side up with raspberries and blueberries. Water to cover the halved peaches in the saucepan took more than 30” to boil down and never got to 1 cup. A picture would help.

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