Poached Peaches with Raspberries and Vanilla Cream

Using the same flavours of the renowned Peach Melba in a different way, this is an easy dessert to assemble at the last minute provided the necessary preparation has been done. It captures the essence of summer when peaches and raspberries are plentiful and economical. I sometimes take these three flavours and turn them into ice-cream, mould them into layers and create a frozen Peach Melba slice. In this instance, the peach has been poached, the stone has been removed and the peach is then