Poached Peaches

While Brad and I were in Ohio, my Aunt raved about this dessert she loves to make. Being a wine connoisseur herself, I was confident this recipe would be a hit. It's a Rachael Ray creation and was super easy to follow!

Ingredients
3 cups red wine
1 cup sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves
2-3 whole peppercorns
1-2 strips lemon rind
2 large peaches, halved and pitted
1 pint vanilla bean ice cream
1 container whipped cream
Freshly grated nutmeg to garnish

Directions
Combine wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, peppercorns, and lemon rind in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stir to dissolve the sugar and reduce heat to a bubble.

Bring the poaching liquid to a boil and cook on high heat until reduced to a syrupy texture. Add the peaches and poach the fruit, spooning the syrup over them occasionally, until you can pierce the peach easily with a knife. (About 5 minutes)

Put peach halves in 2 dessert bowls. Top with ice cream, whipped cream, and drizzle with the poaching syrup. Grate a little nutmeg over the top.

We had four peaches instead of two, and used a whole bottle of wine because after 3 cups theres just a tad bit left in the bottle. Since we had the extra peaches and wine, we added a little bit more sugar and an extra clove.
For finishing touches we didn't add the whipped cream and we had peach ice cream instead of vanilla bean.

This recipe is delicious! Thanks Aunt Paula for the recommendation!

-D