the dish for a large party, into a
deepish fruit bowl or old-fashioned
glass or porcelain compote dish on
a pedestal stand. Strew the sliced
peaches with a liberal amount of
castor sugar and lemon juice. Then,
as short a time as possible before
the peaches are to be eaten, pour
over them enough ordinary red
table wine to reach just level with
the top of the fruit.
A sweetish white wine such as a
Monbazillac from south-western
France or one of the muscat dessert
wines of Provence, Spain, or Italy
can be used as an alternative to the
red table wine which is more