Apricot or Peach Melba

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 lemon, zested
  • 12 ripe, firm apricots or peaches, pitted
  • 1/2 pint vanilla ice cream

Raspberry Sauce:

  • 1 pound raspberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Garnish:

  • 2 cups heavy cream, whipped
  • 1 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Directions

  1. In a medium saucepan, prepare syrup. Bring the sugar, water, lemon juice and zest to a boil. Lower to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
  2. Poach apricots or peaches until tender. (Tip: if you use peaches, remove the skin.) Let them cool in the syrup.
  3. To prepare raspberry sauce, in a blender, combine the raspberries, sugar and lemon juice. Process to a puree.
  4. Remove fruits from syrup.


To serve: In a small bowl, place a scoop of vanilla ice cream, place the fruit on top, and cover with raspberry sauce. Garnish with whipped cream and toasted almonds.


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