The market · Fruit · Southern Europe, East Asia

Peaches

Summer's stone fruit, fuzzy-skinned and dripping when ripe — from China, by way of Persia.

fragrant · honeyed · fruity
Peaches

What to do with it

Ibu Sari's Beef rendangPeach would cut through its richnessAna Etxarri's Pil pilPeach would cut through its richnessTolu Adeyemi's SuyaPeach would cut through its richnessTolu Adeyemi's Rendang, the Lagos wayPeach would cut through its richness
Classics built on it
MexicanChiles en nogadaRoasted poblano chillies stuffed with a picadillo of meat and fruit, under a cold walnut cream and scattered with pomegranate and parsley.No one here has made it yet

Kinds

Yellow
The classic; a little acid to balance the sugar.
White
More floral, less acid.
Flat / doughnut
Small, flat and sweet.

Goes with

raspberrycreamalmondburrata

Knowing it

Where to buy
It should smell of peach, with a yellow rather than green background colour. Peaches soften after picking but don't get sweeter.
A little history
Escoffier's peach Melba — poached peaches, raspberry sauce, vanilla ice cream — was named for the soprano Nellie Melba.

More fruit, in season with it

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