Poached Peaches With A Muscat & Pistachio Syrup
Makes 4 portions
- 4 peaches, slightly under ripe
- 125g mascarpone
- ½ vanilla pod
- ½ cinammon stick
- 2tsp Veru Truly Sicilian Nero d'Avola Jelly
- ½ litre of water
- 50g caster sugar
- 100ml muscat wine
- 40ml orange flower water
- 2tbsp Veru Truly Sicilian pistachios in acacia honey
Place the vanilla pod, cinnamon, Nero d'Avola jelly, water, sugar, orange flower water and muscat in a pan and bring to the boil. Allow to boil for 5 minutes. In the meantime cut the peaches in half and remove the stone if you can, or leave it and remove after cooking. When the liquid is ready, add the peaches and cook until they become just soft. Remove the fruit from the liquid, leave to cool down. Reduce the liquid until it becomes syrupy. Add the pistachios. Join the two peach halves with a spoonful of mascarpone and place on a plate. Drizzle with the syrup and pistachios, top with a sprig of mint.
Strawberry Salad
- 1 punnet of strawberries
- juice of ½ a lemon
- 2 dessert spoons of Veru Nero d'Avola Jelly
- a couple of mint tips, finely chopped
Slice the strawberries by half or quarters as preferred. Add the lemon juice, nero d'avola jelly & mint tips. Allow to marinade for approximately 30 minutes before serving. Delicious with vanilla ice-cream - spoon the syrup over the top.
