Peach and mint salad

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 people, you will need:

• 1 8 peaches
• 2 1 handful fresh mint leaves
• 3 200 ml Sugar syrup
• 4 1 lemon
• 5 1 pinch vitamin C (optional)
• Total weight: 1,380 grams

Times:

Preparation
20 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Roughly cut 1 handful fresh mint leaves with scissors into a cup.
2	Pour on 4 tablespoons of sugar syrup and leave to stand (while preparing peaches) until the syrup takes on the flavour of the mint.
3	Peel and to poach 8 peaches.
4	Over a bowl, take a peach in your hand and cut off small pieces with a knife, without going right to the stone. We don't use immedieately around the stone as this flesh is less sweet.
5	Do this with all the peaches. Add juice of 1 lemon and mix well. If peach salad is to be kept longer than one hour, add 1 pinch vitamin C to prevent browning.
6	Pour mint syrup over peaches through a fine strainer to remove mint leaves which you can discaed.
7	Add more sugar syrup until peaches pieces are well covered. Cover with plastic film, and keep in the fride until serving.
8	You can serve in individual bowls, with a few mint leaves for decoration.

Remarks

The secret of this recipe is in the quality and flavouro f the peaches, take best flavoured you can find, different kinds if possible: yellow, white, vine, etc.
If you lke a stronger mint flavour, you can make an infusion. For this: put chopped mint leaves in a pan, with sugar syrup, over low heat and bring to the boil. When boiling, remove from heat, cover and leave to cool. Add to peaches through a strainer as in the classic recipe.

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