This recipe, if we can call it a recipe, is very popular during the summer months when the peaches are plentiful and at its best, and the desire for baking desserts maybe a bit scarce.

It is easy and simple to prepare with only a few ingredients, a great make ahead dessert for a dinner party and will impress your guests time and time again.

Sliced peaches are sliced and macerated with a bit of sugar and soaked in white wine, left for a few hour for all the flavours to mingle together and do the magic, and you are left with a perfect light dessert to end a summers meal or a barbecue.

On the Istrian coastline, this recipe, that I like to describe as summer party in a glass, it is almost exclusively made in the households and prepared by the stall holders during summer festivals, but not found on the menu in the restaurants.

I am sharing here my family recipe for peaches soaked in wine, scale the quantity of the ingredients up or down by the number of people, and adjust to your taste. What can possibly go wrong?

Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 4

4 ripe peaches (yellow or white flesh peaches both work well and you can also use nectarines)
40g granulated or caster sugar, or to taste
about 400ml dry white wine, plus extra for topping up (Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc to mention just a few will work well for this recipe)
fresh mint leafs for decoration, optional

Method

Wash the peaches under cold running water and pat dry them.

Peel the peaches, optional, and slice them into thin slices or chop them into bite size pieces. You can do a combination of both.

Place sliced or chopped peaches into a medium sized bowl.

Sprinkle the peaches with the sugar and gently stir, so the sugar and the peaches are well mixed together. Let the peaches to macerate for about 15-20 minutes.

Pour the white wine over the peaches and stir gently. The peaches should be fully submerged, if not add more wine. Taste and adjust the sugar, add more if desired.

Cover the bowl with the cling film and place in the fridge for at least an hour or up to a day.

Place the sliced/chopped peaches into wine glasses and pour over the peach-infused wine.

Serve with little spoon so the guests can spoon out the peaches and sip the peachy syrup wine.

Decorate with mint leafs if desired.

Just a thought

If you wish you can also use other types of fruit like strawberries, cherries, grapes or a combination.