Macerated peaches with whipped Lemon cream

Name: Macerated peaches with whipped Lemon cream
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 6 tbsp thin honey; 3 or 4 white-fleshed peaches; 6 lemon thyme sprigs, leaves picked; Vanilla syrup; finely grated zest of ½ lemon; 3 blanched almonds, grated (ideally on a microplane); Candied orange zest; tiny mint leaves; 275 ml double cream; 1 tbsp icing sugar, or to taste

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

About

THIS IS A SIMPLE, NO-FUSS, YET GORGEOUS DESSERT. MARINATING THE PEACHES WITH HONEY AND LEMON THYME ADDS A SCENTED, SOPHISTICATED TOUCH.

Ingredients

6 tbsp thin honey
6 lemon thyme sprigs, leaves picked
3 or 4

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, lemon thyme leaves and 2 tbsp warm water.
Halve and stone the peaches. Cut one into wafer-thin slices, using a mandolin if possible. Cut the rest of the peaches into 1cm dice. Lay the peach slices in one side of a dish and spoon the diced peach into the other side. Pour the honey mixture over them, cover and chill for