Champagne gelatin with peaches and plums

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 cups Champagne; rose
3½ cup Sugar
6 Bags chamomile tea
6 Whole peaches; ripe
2 packs Unflavored gelatin
2 mediums Plums

Directions

Bring champagne, 2 cups sugar, tea and 6 cups water to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add peaches; simmer gently for 5 to 20 minutes (knife should insert easily into peach). Let peaches cool in liquid, 3 hours. Peel peaches, slice 2 into 8 sections each. Set aside remaining peaches. Strain liquid. Chill 2 cups liquid. Sprinkle gelatin over cold liquid; let stand to soften, 5 minutes. Meanwhile, bring 2 cups liquid to a boil. Add to gelatin mixture; whisk to dissolve gelatin, about 5 minutes.

Pour 3 tablespoons of the mixture into mold to coat bottom. Cover; refrigerate 30 minutes, until just set. Combine remaining 1½ cups of sugar and 1 ½ cupspoaching liquid in a skillet; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat; let syrup simmer. Halve plums and remove pits. Add plums, cut side down, and poach until skin loosens, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from syrup; let cool. Remove skins. Slice each into 4 wedges. Chill. Arrange plums over gelatin in mold. Add ¾ cup gelatin mixture. Cover with plastic; refrigerate 45 minutes, or until set. Add remaining gelatin; arrange peach slices on top. Cover with plastic; chill until set, 6 hours. To unmold, dip mold briefly into hot water and run tip of a knife around edge. Invert onto a platter. Cut reserved peaches in half, discard pits, and serve with gelatin.

Recipe by: Martha Stewart Living, June 1996 Posted to EAT-L Digest by Jazzbel <jazzbel@...> on Mar 7, 1998

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