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Peach and mint salad

Name: Peach and mint salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 peaches; 1 handful fresh mint leaves; 200 ml sugar syrup; 1 lemon; 1 pinch vitamin C

Here is a very simple, fresh and delicious recipe; the flavour of mint goes very well with peaches.

328 K 2× 3.7/5 (22 reviews)

20 min.

Easy

7.00 €

6 people

5 Ingredients

Last modified on: September 7^th 2012

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 for this recipe

Preparation: 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 1 min.

Roughly cut 1 handful fresh mint leaves with scissors into a cup.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pour on 4 tablespoons of sugar syrup and leave to stand (while preparing peaches) until the syrup takes on the flavour of the mint.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Peel and to poach 8 peaches.

Stage 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.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 10 min.

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.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour mint syrup over peaches through a fine strainer to remove mint leaves which you can discaed.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add more sugar syrup until peaches pieces are well covered.

Cover with plastic film, and keep in the fride until serving.

Stage 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.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	1 RDI=1 %	2,130 RDI=200 %	0	8,510 RDI=430 %	35,630 RDI: 430 %
Per 100 g	0	150 RDI=20 %	0	620 RDI=30 %	2,580 RDI: 30 %
Per person	0	350 RDI=30 %	0	1,420 RDI=70 %	5,940 RDI: 70 %

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 7.00 €
Per person : 1.20 €

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The 2 comments already posted on this recipe

For Sarah : this is a red kind of peaches call "vineyard peaches", they are pretty but not very tasty. If you can find small, very tasty and flavoured vineyard peaches from your grand-mother garden (or something), this will certainly be great.
Posted by jh september 15^th 2008 at 19:47 n° 2
It sound great, but what are those reds fruits in?
Posted by Sarah september 15^th 2008 at 19:40 n° 1

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