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Peaches Poached in Fresh Lemon Verbena Juice with Verbena Sorbet and Rosemary Tuiles Recipe
 
 
Peaches Poached in Fresh Lemon Verbena Juice with Verbena Sorbet and Rosemary Tuiles
Jean-Luc Rabanel, L'Atelier, France
Jean-Luc Rabanel, L'Atelier, France
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
  1. Bring the water, sugar and glucose to a boil until completely dissolved; 
  2. add 200 g (7 oz.) fresh verbena and infuse. 

Making the tuiles

  1. Whisk together the butter, sugar and egg whites; add the chopped rosemary at the end. 
  2. Form into 5 cm (2") discs on a non-stick baking sheet; 
  3. Bake in a 170°C (340° F) oven for 5 minutes.

Making the sorbet

  1. Combine all the ingredients. Bring to 80° C (176° F) for 5 minutes;
  2. strain and liquefy in a blender; put into an ice cream or sorbet maker and process until frozen.
  3. Poach the peaches at 60° C (140° F) for 15 minutes; peel and pit them and reform them. 
  4. Fasten the two peach halves together with a branch of verbena. 
  5. Reduce the poaching syrup and pour over top.
  6. 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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