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Peaches Poached with Basil

July 15, 2010

Peaches Poached with Basil by TheRunawaySpoon

This is a dish that keeps on giving. The peach halves, gently poached in a fragrant syrup of white wine and sugar infused with fresh basil, make a gorgeous, aromatic dessert. As TheRunawaySpoon notes, the leftover syrup, tinted a rosy pink from the peach skins (which conveniently slip right off once the fruit is tender), should be reserved and savored: drizzle it over ice cream, or use it to perk up sparkling water or prosecco. Note: using non-clingstone peaches will make your life easier here! - A&M

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Only four ingredients are needed: peaches, sugar, white wine and basil.

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Toriaballet about 21 hours ago: The syrup was heavenly. I am not sure if my peaches were not well-flavored to begin with or that I just don't like them that much, but I wasn't that crazy about the taste of poached peaches. It seemed bland to me, and than the syrup just made it bland and sweet. However, the syrup is to-die-for and I believe worth making just for the syrup. I am going to try to whip some cream with a couple spoons of this syrup just to see how it may turn out and try it with yogurt for breakfast.
lmacfgreen about 1 month ago: A summertime homerun! These are wonderful.
Veronica about 1 month ago: These are absolutely delicious. We've had them with ice cream, plain yogurt and then with sour cream--all equally scrumptious!
aromes about 1 month ago: Poached peaches can be tasty, especially when the peach is nice ripe/juicy and sweet, I will try this one
Perre M. Magness about 1 month ago: Couldn't be simpler or better!
aargersi about 1 month ago: These are beautiful - we are in the thick of Texas (freestone :-) peach season so this goes on the to try list!!

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