Peach Melba
Poached fruit dessert
Peach Melba is a dessert of peaches, raspberry sauce, and vanilla ice cream, created by the French chef Auguste Escoffier in honor of the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba.
The components are typically arranged with poached peach halves over ice cream, topped with raspberry purée: The waiter recommended the peach Melba.
- raspberryAggregate bramble fruit
- pavlovaMeringue base, cream, fruit
- dinner partyHosted meal with guests
- vanillaOrchid pod extract
- à la modeIn the current fashion
belle époque · Victorian era · dessert · sweet · sauce · recipe · whipped cream · French cuisine · compote · Melba toast · treat · presentation · serve · Escoffier · cold · sugar · lemon juice · juicy
- Eponymous FoodsCaesar salad, Pavlova, Salisbury steak, Cobb salad, Reuben sandwich
Peach Melbasorbet
Frozen fruit confection
molten lava cake · bread pudding · baked Alaska · crème brûlée · apple crumble
Peach Melbaappetizer
Light dish preceding main
soup course · main course · entrée · hors d'oeuvres · amuse-bouche