Peaches Poached in Fresh Lemon Verbena Juice with Verbena Sorbet and Rosemary Tuiles Recipe
Flavors of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Total time: more than 2 hours
Oven temperature: 170° C (340° F)
Prep. time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: Under 30 minutes
Waiting time: A few hours to freeze the sorbet
Difficulty: Requires a certain dexterity
Chef's Note
An original recipe from Jean-Luc Rabanel in Tonneins
Ingredients
Basic and verbena syrup
- 1.2 kg (2 lb. 10 oz.) sugar
- 150 g (5 oz.) glucose
- 1 liter (4 cups) water
- 200 g (7 oz.) fresh verbena
Rosemary tuiles
- 250 g (8 oz.) butter
- 600 g (1 lb. 5 oz.) sugar
- 200 g (7 oz.) egg whites
- 6 branches of rosemary, stems removed, leaves chopped
Verbena sorbet
- 180 g (6 oz.) sugar
- 80 g (3 oz.) glucose
- 30 g (1 oz.) skim milk powder
- 3 g (1/10 oz.) stabilizer
- 700 g (2 3/4 cups) mineral water
- 200 g (7 oz.) fresh Verbena
- 6-8 Peaches
Method
- Bring the water, sugar and glucose to a boil until completely dissolved;
- add 200 g (7 oz.) fresh verbena and infuse.
Making the tuiles
- Whisk together the butter, sugar and egg whites; add the chopped rosemary at the end.
- Form into 5 cm (2") discs on a non-stick baking sheet;
- Bake in a 170°C (340° F) oven for 5 minutes.
Making the sorbet
- Combine all the ingredients. Bring to 80° C (176° F) for 5 minutes;
- strain and liquefy in a blender; put into an ice cream or sorbet maker and process until frozen.
- Poach the peaches at 60° C (140° F) for 15 minutes; peel and pit them and reform them.
- Fasten the two peach halves together with a branch of verbena.
- Reduce the poaching syrup and pour over top.
- Place a scoop of sorbet on a rosemary tuile; garnish as desired.
Sommelier
With poached pears, no question! Blanc de blancs champagne A 1990 Ruinard or Billecard-Salmon
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