Poached Peaches Scented with Lemon Verbena
- 3 Peach
- 5 grams Verbena (lemon verbena)
- 1500 grams Water
- 375 grams Granulated sugar
- 30 grams White wine (sweet)
- 10 grams Raspberry extract
- 20 grams Rose water
- Fill a pot with the listed amount of water, and add the granulated sugar to make a syrup.
- Once it cools to the touch, mix in the white wine and raspberry extract, and allow it to completely cool.
- Rinse the peaches and gently blot off the excess water.
- Place the loose verbena tea into an empty tea bag, and seal to prevent the leaves from spilling out.
- Place the syrup, the peaches, and the tea bag filled with verbena into a double lined heat-proof Ziploc bag, and use a straw to vacuum out the air.
- Fill a large pot with water to the halfway mark, bring to a boil, place the bag from Step 4 inside, then slowly cook for 40 minutes over low heat.
- Place the bag in ice water immediately after it is finished and leave to chill.
- Keep the water chilled by adding more ice or refreshing it with cold water.
- Once the peaches and syrup are chilled, store them in the refrigerator overnight.
- The skin should slide right off the peaches.
- The inside flesh should not have any discoloration and be free of any bruising even after cooking.
- The skin and pit will have turned a beautiful reddish hue.
- Cut the peaches in half, and remove the pits.
- The peaches are delicious as-is, without any scent of wine remaining, so you can enjoy the distinct flavor of the peaches.
- I use this pochee to make a variety of desserts.
water, sugar, white wine, raspberry, water
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/171491-poached-peaches-scented-with-lemon-verbena (may not work)