Poached Peaches With Raspberry Sauce

Poached Peaches With Raspberry Sauce

Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 quart apple juice
• 2 cups water
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 6 whole allspice berries
• 12 whole cardamom seeds
• 6 firm ripe peaches

Directions

• 1 To prepare peaches, bring juice, water and spices to a boil. (Make sure your pot is narrow enough so that the liquid will cover the peaches).
• 2 Drop peaches in liquid and poach for 10 minutes.
• 3 Remove the peaches, cover with cold water and slip off the skins.
• 4 Cut each peach in half and remove the stone.
• 5 Place the peaches in a glass or porcelain bowl. (The poaching liquid can be saved and re-used).
• 6 For the sauce, mix the water and sugar in a saucepan, heat to a low boil and simmer until liquid has reduced by 1/2.
• 7 In a blender, puree 1 cup of raspberres and 1/4 cup sugar syrup.(You can store the remaining syrup in a glass jar in the refrigerator.).
• 8 Stir the remaining berries into the puree.
• 9 Serve the peach halves, round side up, in a pool of raspberry sauce and garnish with whipped cream on the side, if you like.