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Spiced Peaches

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. four pounds of brown sugar
  2. nine pounds of clingstone peaches
  3. Cinnamon
  4. Mace
  5. a pint of good vinegar
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Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Take nine pounds of clingstone peaches, ripe, but not soft, pare and halve them, or leave them whole.
  2. Make a syrup of four pounds of brown sugar and a pint of good vinegar, some mace and cinnamon, and skim it well.
  3. Let it cook a quarter of an hour, and then throw in the peaches, a few at a time, so as to keep them as whole as possible, and when clear, take them out and lay on dishes, and put in more ;
  4. when all are done, pour the syrup over the peaches.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Slotted spoon