Peaches Poached in Wine

Name: Peaches Poached in Wine
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 firm slipstone peaches; 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) dessert wine, such as Sauternes; 1 cinnamon stick; 220 g (7¾ oz/1 cup) sugar; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) orange liqueur, such as Cointreau; 8 small mint leaves; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthways; mascarpone cheese or crème fraîche, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

4 firm slipstone peaches
500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups)

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Peel the skin off the peaches. Cut in half and carefully remove the stones.
Put the wine, liqueur, sugar, cinnamon stick and vanilla bean in a deep frying pan, large enough to hold the peach halves in a single layer. Heat the mixture, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil, then reduce t