peach Melba
A dessert created in the late 1800s by the famous French chef Escoffier for Dame Nellie Melba, a popular Australian opera singer. It's made with two peach halves that have been poached in syrup and cooled. Each peach half is placed hollow side down on top of a scoop of vanilla ice cream, then topped with MELBA SAUCE (a raspberry sauce) and sometimes with whipped cream and sliced almonds.
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COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.
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