Poached peaches

This is a good recipe for dealing with a glut of peaches and nectarines or coaxing all the flavour from under-ripe fruit, but I make it every year even if we only have a small crop, as it’s so fine. The recipe is very flexible – you can use all water or more wine (try it with cider too) and any mint works well, though chocolate mint is perfect if you have some.