Peach melba on a plate

Doug Sherring

This classic combination is usually presented in a bowl with a perfectly poached peach half, pure vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce.

Ingredients

6 scoops	Vanilla ice cream, good quality
6	White peaches, ripe (Main)
1 cup	Raspberries, or mixed berries (frozen is fine)
2 Tbsp	Sugar
2 Tbsp	Water
1	Vanilla pod

Directions

1. Skin the peaches as described above. Cool and chill.
2. Heat the berries, sugar, water and vanilla pod together. Bring to the boil then simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Remove the vanilla pod and strain the sauce through a sieve.
4. Mash the mix to remove the seeds but retain the berry pulp. Cool before using.
5. To serve, sit a whole peach on each plate and place an ice cream ball beside it.
6. Pour over the berry sauce.