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National Peach Melba Day
January 13
 Peach Melba was created in the late 1800s by French
chef Escoffier for Dame Nellie Melba, a popular Australian opera singer. It is a
concoction consisting of peach halves (poached in syrup), filled with vanilla
ice cream, then topped with melba sauce (a raspberry sauce).
Make some
for dessert tonight!
you'll need
3 peaches
syrup
1 cup
granulated sugar
2 cups water
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon
vanilla
1/2 pint of vanilla ice cream
melba sauce
2
cups raspberries
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup granulated
sugar
optional
whipped cream
toasted almond
Remove
the skin from the peaches. Slice in half and remove pits.
Make the syrup,
bring the sugar, water and lemon juice to a boil.
Remove from the heat and
add vanilla and the peaches, let syrup cool with the peaches.
Meanwhile make
the melba sauce by pureeing raspberries with the lemon juice.
Strain if
desired and add sugar to taste.
Set it up:
Remove peaches from syrup
and place a half in a bowl pit side up.
Place a scoop for vanilla ice cream
and cover with raspberry sauce.
If desired garnish with whipped cream and
toasted almonds.
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