Salad of Peaches is a traditional British recipe, based on Alexis Soyer's recipe of 1849, for a classic salad or dessert of peaches that are blanched, peeled, quartered and served dressed in sugar and sherry. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Salad of Peaches.
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This is a traditional British recipe redacted from Alexis Soyer's 1849 volume The modern Housewife or Ménagère, a classic Victorian cookbook.
Original Recipe
926. SALAD OF PEACHES.—Procure four ripe peaches, which peel and cut into quarters; put them into a basin with two ounces of sugar and a glass of sherry, toss them lightly over, dress upon your dish and serve. Apricots, greengages, and other plums, are dressed in salads in the same manner, leaving their skins on.
Modern Redaction
Ingredients
4 ripe peaches
60g caster sugar
70ml sherry
Method:
Bring a pan of water to a boil, add the peaches and blanch for 2 minutes. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and remove their skins.
Quarter the peaches and remove the stones. Combine the sugar and sherry in a bowl, add the peach quarters and toss to coat. Arrange on a bed of lettuce leaves on a dish and serve. If you intermingle plums dressed in the same way and grapes this makes quite a nice fruit salad.
