Name: Peaches and sloe brandy (Pacharán al melocotón)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 850 gm good-quality canned or jarred peaches preserved in sugar syrup; 330 ml pacharán (see note); 2½ tbsp lemon juice; To serve: seasonal fruit, such as watermelon, rockmelon and honeydew (see note)

Peaches and sloe brandy (Pacharán al melocotón)

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for peaches and sloe brandy (Pacharán al melocotón) by Frank Camorra from MoVida.

Serves 8

Prep

15M

“Pacharán is like a Spanish sloe liqueur,” says Camorra. “It’s puréed here with peaches straight from the can and a bit of lemon juice. The first place I had this was at Inopia, the bar Ferran Adrià’s brother Albert used to have in Barcelona. It’s nice and refreshing and a good way to start dinner.”

Ingredients

850 gm good-quality canned or jarred peaches preserved in sugar syrup

330 ml pacharán (see note)

2½ tbsp lemon juice

To serve: seasonal fruit, such as watermelon, rockmelon and honeydew (see note)

Method

Main

1.Drain peaches (reserve 75ml syrup) and purée in a food processor or blender with pacharán, lemon juice and reserved sugar syrup (1-2 minutes), transfer to a container and refrigerate until chilled.

2.Meanwhile, thread fruit pieces onto short wooden skewers (3 pieces per skewer) and refrigerate until chilled.

3.Serve peach purée in chilled glasses, garnished with a fruit skewer.

Note Pacharán is available from select bottle shops. Any seasonal fruit can be used as the garnish: simply dice it or scoop it into balls with a melon-baller as we have here.
Notes