Salad of Peaches & Raspberries

The master chef of haute cuisine, August Escoffier, brought these flavours together when he created Peach Melba in 1893 to honour Dame Nellie Melba, the renowned opera singer. He used a peeled raw white peach clothed in a raspberry coulis sitting on a bed of vanilla ice cream. The simplicity of this dish is the essence of its perfection.

The trouble with using raw peaches is the discolouration that occurs almost immediately after they are cut, so no