Cold Peach Soup Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Puree peaches in food processor until smooth.
• Add remaining ingredients except sugar (in batches, if necessary) and blend well.
• Pass soup through a fine strainer.
• Add sugar to taste.
• Chill for several hours to allow flavors to blend well.
• Serve chilled.

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.

Steps:

• In a large pot, cover peaches with water (about 2 cups). Add mint, salt and white pepper, and bring to a simmer. Cook until peaches are very tender and flavors infuse, Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Remove mint sprigs, and with an immersion blender (if the pot is big and deep enough), or in batches in a blender, to avoid a major blender explosion, puree the peaches. Add mango juice and cream and blend. Adjust salt and pepper if needed, and chill.
• Ladle into serving bowls and serve garnished with mint sprigs.

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. Add 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper to warm peaches. Process in a blender or food processor until completely smooth. Cover, and refrigerate until ready to serve. 2 - 8 hours (or overnight). Before serving, add cold chopped peaches if you want some chewy texture. Garnish each bowl with crème fraîche (or sour cream) to taste. (1 - 2 tablespoons) Add small tips of mint to top of creme for garnish . Serve chilled.

Steps:

• Pour reserved peach syrup into a measuring cup. Add enough cold water to make 1 cup. Pour into the top of a double boiler. Sprinkle in gelatin; let stand, about 5 minutes.
• Beat egg yolks and 1/4 cup cold water together in a bowl. Stir into gelatin mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, over simmering water, until gelatin dissolves and sauce thickens, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir lemon juice, almond extract, and salt into the sauce. Refrigerate until cooled.
• Place drained peaches in a blender; blend until smooth. Stir into the gelatin mixture and refrigerate until mixture mounds up slightly.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until foamy. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until stiff, glossy peaks form. Fold into peach mixture.
• Beat heavy cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl with a chilled whisk until stiff peaks form. Fold into peach mixture. Pour into a large dish and chill until set, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Lightly butter a baking sheet.
• Place peach halves cut side down, on prepared baking sheet.
• Sprinkle the peaches with 1/2 cup sugar and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Place the baked peaches in a food processor or blender, along with any drippings from the pan.
• Puree until smooth, stopping 2 to 3 times to scrape down the sides.
• Transfer to a large nonreactive bowl and set aside.
• In a small nonreactive saucepan, combine the peach nectar, remaining sugar and star anise over medium heat.
• Use the tip of blunt knife to scrape the vanilla bean seeds into mixture.
• Bring to a boil and then remove from heat.
• Let the syrup infuse for about 1 hour; then strain through a fine sieve into a nonreactive bowl and add the citrus juices.
• Slowly add the peach syrup to the peach puree until the desired flavor is achieved.
• If the soup is flavored to your liking but too thick, add a little plain peach juice to thin.
• Cover and refrigerate until completely cold.
• To serve, ladle into chilled soup cups and garnish with sliced strawberries and mint.