Sparkling Peach Dessert

For an effervescent treat, try topping juicy fresh fruit with sorbet and sparkling wine.

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If time allows, chill the wine glasses or dessert dishes first.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

You Will Need
4 ripe peaches
4 scoops raspberry sorbet, about 1 cup in total
8 tablespoons sparkling white wine, well chilled
4 tablespoons chopped toasted almonds


What to Do
1. Rinse the peaches and pat dry with paper towels. Halve each fruit and discard the pit. Using a small sharp knife, dice the flesh, then divide it between 4 wine glasses or dessert dishes.

2. Rinse an ice cream scoop with hot water and use to scoop the sorbet. Put a scoop on top of the peach in each glass.

3. Add 2 tablespoons sparkling wine to each glass, then sprinkle with the toasted almonds.


Serves 4


Some More Ideas

• If peaches are unavailable, ripe nectarines make a good substitute.



• When soft fruit is at is best, make Sparkling Berry Dessert. Use 10 ounces strawberries, halved, or a mixture of raspberries and blueberries. You can also use a mixed-berry sorbet, instead of raspberry, or frozen vanilla yogurt.



• Replace the almonds with 4 tablespoons chopped, toasted hazelnuts.



• Instead of sparkling wine (or even champagne), use a dessert wine, such as French Beaume de Venise.

Nutritional analysis: 225 calories, 5 g protein, 8 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 30 g carbohydrate (30 g sugars), 4 g fiber


Plus Points

• Peaches are an excellent source of vitamin C (1 medium-size peach provides around 10 percent of the recommended daily amount). They also provide useful amounts of fiber and are low in calories.



• Although sorbets can be very high in calories because of the sugar they contain, they are much lower in fat than ice cream.

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