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Sweet Wine and Vanilla Peach Melba with Raspberry Sorbet

8 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sweet dessert wine (I used sangria)
  • ½ vanilla bean, seeds scraped off or 1½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 peaches, halved (I used nectarines from our tree)
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 pints raspberry sorbet

Make it step by step

  1. In a 13x9 inch baking dish, mix wine and vanilla.
  2. Add peaches, cut sides down.
  3. Marinate at room temp 2 hours, occasionally spooning marinade over peaches.
  4. Transfer peaches cup sides up to a platter, refrigerate.
  5. Pour marinade into saucepan, stir in sugar.
  6. Bring to a boil, boil until thick and syrupy.
  7. Let cool to room temp.
  8. To serve---put a peach half cut side up into each of 8 dessert bowls, put a scoop of sorbet into each cavity and drizzle with syrup.
  9. Garnish with red raspberries.

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