Frozen Peaches With Strawberries And Mint
Serves: 3
Meagan Lindgren
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
48
Spice
58
Sweetness
49
Sourness
41
mins
Prep time (avg)
3.8
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
Sprinkle sugar evenly across bottom of a large straight-sided skillet or Dutch oven and place peaches, cut sides up, in a single layer on top
2
Scrape in vanilla seeds and add pod; scatter spearmint over
3
Pour in water to come halfway up sides of peaches
4
Bring to a very gentle simmer over low heat, stirring once or twice just to dissolve sugar
5
Cook peaches, turning once, until tender but not falling apart, 5–10 minutes
6
Let cool
7
Pluck out vanilla pod and spearmint from pot; discard
8
Stir in lemon juice
9
Remove skins from peaches (they should slip off easily)
10
Transfer peaches, cut side down, to a 3-qt
11
Shallow baking dish and pour poaching liquid over
12
Freeze until peaches are icy all the way through but still soft enough to cut with a spoon, 45–60 minutes (poaching liquid should be semifrozen and break into shards when scraped with a fork, just like granita)
13
Scatter strawberries over peaches just before serving
14
Sprinkle sugar evenly across bottom of a large straight-sided skillet or Dutch oven and place peaches, cut sides up, in a single layer on top
15
Scrape in vanilla seeds and add pod; scatter spearmint over
16
Pour in water to come halfway up sides of peaches
17
Bring to a very gentle simmer over low heat, stirring once or twice just to dissolve sugar
18
Cook peaches, turning once, until tender but not falling apart, 5–10 minutes
19
Let cool
20
Pluck out vanilla pod and spearmint from pot; discard
21
Stir in lemon juice
22
Remove skins from peaches (they should slip off easily)
23
Transfer peaches, cut side down, to a 3-qt
24
Shallow baking dish and pour poaching liquid over
25
Freeze until peaches are icy all the way through but still soft enough to cut with a spoon, 45–60 minutes (poaching liquid should be semifrozen and break into shards when scraped with a fork, just like granita)
26
Scatter strawberries over peaches just before serving
27
Do Ahead Peaches can be poached 1 day ahead
28
Let cool in poaching liquid; cover and chill
29
Peaches can be poached 1 day ahead
30
Let cool in poaching liquid; cover and chill