Recipe By : Florence Fabricant -n NY Times -July 4, 1993
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Desserts Fruit
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 tablespoon Black peppercorns
1 cup Port wine
1/2 Lemon, peel of
1 Vanilla bean
6 Bay leaves
1/2 bottle Red wine - cote du rhone or pinot noir
2 1/2 tablespoons Honey
6 Ripe peaches
Place the peppercorns in a square of cheesecloth and the tie
securely with string. In a large saucepan, combine the port, lemon
peel, vanilla bean, bay leaves, wine, pepper sachet and bring to a
boil. Stir in the honey and remove the saucepan from the heat. Add
more honey if necessary. Cover the saucepan and set aside.
Half fill large saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Plunge
peaches into boiling water and let them sit there for one to two
minutes, then rinse them under cold water and peel them. Place them
in the warm wine over medium heat and bring to simmer. Simmer for 10
minutes. Remove from heat, cover and cool.
Remove fruit from syrup and place it in shallow bowl. Pick out bay
leaves and stick them in fruit at stem where leaves would be. Cut the
vanilla bean into six segments and place one in each peach to make a
stem. Set aside in a cool place, outside the refrigerator, until
ready to serve.
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NOTES: Adapted from Roger Verge's "Entertaining in the French Style".
