Chilled Peach And Nectarine Soup Recipes

CHILLED PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• Place white wine, peach schnapps, sugar, mint leaves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and half-and-half together in a bowl, and stir until well blended and sugar is dissolved. Add sliced peaches, and transfer to a saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring frequently and reducing heat if necessary to prevent scorching cream. Remove from heat when peaches are tender. Cool to a safe temperature for blending. Process in a blender or food processor until completely smooth. Cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve chilled.

PEACH AND NECTARINE CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch baking pan.
• Boil peaches and nectarines 1 fruit at a time in a pot until very soft, about 30 seconds each. Let cool until ready to handle. Peel, core, and chop into bite-sized pieces.
• Mix the fruit, sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, coconut oil, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Mix with hands or a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over the fruit mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is browned and juice appears bubbly, about 30 minutes. Let cool for at least 15 minutes before serving.

CHILLED PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine the peaches, yogurt, lemon juice and extract; cover and process until smooth. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve with almonds and mint if desired.

CHILLED PEACH AND NECTARINE SOUP

Steps:

• Puree fruit with 1/2 cup of the juice.
• Transfer to a large bowl.
• Stir in remaining 1-1/2 cups orange juice.
• Puree pineapple with 1/4 cup reserved juice and stir into fruit puree.
• Whisk in ginger, sour cream and enough of the remaining pineapple juice to thin the soup.
• Stir in confectioners' sugar if you want it sweeter.
• Chill several hours until very cold.
• Serve garnished with mint and reserved fruit slices.

CHILLED CANTALOUPE PEACH SOUP WITH GINGER & MINT

Steps:

• Remove skin and seeds from cantaloupe and dice the flesh.
• Cut peaches in half and remove stone.
• Place cantaloupe, peaches, ginger, tabasco sauce, cream cheese, and lime juice in a blender and puree until well blended.
• Strain if necessary.
• Garnish with honeydew melon and fresh mint.
• Serve in chilled bowls.

CHAMPAGNE PEACH AND MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Combine Champagne, peaches, salt, large sprigs of mint, and white pepper in a large saucepan or deep pot. Cook for 20 minutes over medium heat to infuse flavors. Remove from heat and remove large mint sprigs. Adjust salt and white pepper, if needed. Blend with an immersion blender and chill. Serve in demitasse cups garnished with 1/2 teaspoon creme fraiche and small mint sprigs.

CHILLED PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Put peaches in small batches in blender, reserving about 1 lb. Blend until smooth and pour into a large stainless steel bowl.
• 2. Add remaining ingredients into blender in batches and blend until pureed. Remove from blender and add to peaches.
• 3. Dice remaining peaches, and stir into soup, then chill until time of service.
• 4. Top with a turn of fresh cracked black pepper.

CHILLED CANTALOUPE, MANGO AND PEACH SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Peel, seed and cut up all the fruit into chunks. Zest and juice orange and juice lemon.
• 2. Place all fruits, the zest, and liquids (juice and honey) into bowl of large food processor and process until smooth. If you have a small processor or blender, puree the fruits in batches, mixing them together in a large bowl after processing.
• 3. Put the puree through a food mill or fine sieve if desired to obtain the smoothest texture. Cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
• 4. When ready to serve, ladle into shallow serving bowls or cups dividing into equal portions. Swirl in 1 to 2 tbsp of your choice of dairy product. Top with mint leaves and a quick grind of fresh nutmeg.
• 5. For special occasions, use a sweet white dessert wine in place of the grape juice. Note: Prep time does not include chilling time.