Recipes Discovered

Grilled Peach Melba Recipe

I finally have access to a grill again so I got to make a recipe I have been waiting weeks to try. The recipe is titled Grilled Peach Melba, and I saw it on an episode of Good Eats awhile ago. I think Alton Brown can make anything sound good, but grilled peaches with raspberry sauce served over vanilla ice cream definitely sounded like a great dessert waiting to happen.

I halved and peeled peaches and then put them in a syrup consisting of sugar, water, lemon juice and vanilla extract (I didn’t have a vanilla bean). I let the peaches in the syrup for about 10 minutes while I heated the grilled to medium heat and then placed the peaches directly onto the grill. The peaches I used were a bit under ripe, so I grilled them about 5 minutes on each side and then returned them to the syrup and covered them. For the raspberry sauce, I pureed thawed raspberries, lemon juice, and a little bit of sugar until it was smooth. I didn’t have anything to strain the sauce, so I served it with the seeds. It was fine, but be sure to warn the guests before they take a bite! To serve the dessert, I scooped vanilla bean ice cream into bowls, topped it with 2 peach halves, and then drizzled it with the raspberry sauce.

The dessert turned out really good. I think it would have been better if the peaches were more ripe (they were a little hard), but they still had good flavor. I liked the balance of sweet ice cream and sour raspberries, and the warm peaches with cold ice cream. It’s a great dessert, and it’s really fun to serve to company during a summer barbecue!