Poached Peaches, Summer Berries and Raspberry Sauce
- 4 large ripe peaches
- Juice 1/2 lemon
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cardamon seeds, tied in a cheesecloth
- 1/2 pint raspberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 pint raspberries
- 1/2 pint blueberries
- 1/2 pint blackberries
- 4 sprigs mint
- 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.
- Cook the raspberries in the peach cooking liquid for five minutes.
- Puree them in a food processor and strain through a sieve.
- 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.
peaches, lemon, white wine, sugar, cardamon seeds, raspberries, sugar, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, mint
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3040 (may not work)