Champagne Peach And Mint Soup Recipes

PEACH CHAMPAGNE

Steps:

• In a punch bowl, combine peaches, strawberries, nectar and liqueur. Stir in soda and champagne just before serving.

PEACH CHAMPAGNE

Steps:

• In a champagne glass pour chilled champagne. Carefully pour peach nectar down the inside of glass. Garnish with peach slice.

CHILLED PEACH SOUP

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.

PEACH MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook the peaches in the hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir the brown sugar and vegetable broth with the peaches; continue cooking until the sugar dissolves, 10 to 15 minutes; remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Stir the coconut milk and chopped mint through the peach mixture.
• Pour the soup into a blender, cover, and puree until smooth. Pour the pureed soup into a large bowl, stir the peach yogurt thoroughly into the soup, and refrigerate until completely chilled. Top each serving with 1 tablespoon vanilla yogurt and a fresh mint leaf to serve.

CITRUS AND MINT CHAMPAGNE PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine mint leaves, 1½ cups water, and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring often, until sugar is dissolved, about 4 minutes. Cover pan, remove from heat, and steep 10 to 15 minutes. Pour mixture through a fine-mesh strainer, discarding solids, and let cool completely.
• Stir together gin, lime juice, lemon juice, and mint syrup in a punch bowl. Top with champagne. Serve punch over ice, garnished with mint sprigs and lime wheels.

PEACHES IN CHAMPAGNE

Steps:

• Cut a cross in the skin of the peach, before placing it in some hot water for a while to allow for easy peeling.
• Cut the peach in half, twist the halves in opposite directions to dislodge the pit.
• Peel and cut the peach halves into wedges.
• Place 2 to 3 wedges in a champagne glass.
• Place also 1 or 2 cherries into the glass.
• Pour in the champagne.
• Add a teaspoon of cherry liquid to color the drink pink.
• Serve immediately.

PEA & MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Put the spring onions into a large pan with the potato, garlic and stock. Bring to the boil, turn down the heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until the potato is very soft. For the garnish, blanch 3 tbsp of the shelled peas in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, drain, put in a bowl of cold water and set aside. Add the remaining peas to the soup base and simmer for 5 minutes - no longer, or you will lose the lovely fresh flavour of the peas.
• Stir in the mint, sugar and lemon or lime juice, cool slightly then pour into a food processor or liquidiser and whizz until as smooth as you like. Stir in half the buttermilk or soured cream, taste and season with salt and pepper.
• To serve the soup cold, cool quickly, then chill - you may need to add more stock to the soup before serving as it will thicken as it cools. To serve hot, return the soup to the rinsed-out pan and reheat without boiling (to prevent the buttermilk or soured cream from curdling).
• Serve the soup in bowls, garnished with the remaining buttermilk and the drained peas.

PEACH-AND-MINT FRAPPES

Steps:

• Puree vodka, agave, peaches, and nectar with 1 cup crushed ice (or small ice cubes) in a blender, adding cold water a few tablespoons at a time, until thick and smooth. Add mint leaves; puree just until finely chopped. Serve with peach slices and mint sprigs.

FRESH PEA AND MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add shallots and garlic. Sauté until tender, about 7 minutes. Add peas and stir 1 minute. Add 5 1/2 cups broth and bring to simmer. Cook until peas are very tender, about 8 minutes. Cool 15 minutes. Puree soup and 1/4 cup chopped mint in batches in blender until smooth. Return to same pot; thin with more broth by 1/4 cupfuls, if desired. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool, cover, and chill.
• Rewarm soup over medium-low heat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls; garnish with additional mint.
• What to drink:
• A bottle of bubbly is the perfect way to begin this special meal. It's also a great pairing for the soup. We like the crisp acidity and long finish of the Champagne Henriot NV Brut Souverain ($35, France).

COLD HONEYDEW AND MINT SOUP IN CANTALOUPE

Steps:

• In a blender in batches or in a food processor purée the honeydew, the mint leaves, the lime juice, the sugar to taste, and a pinch of salt until the mixture is smooth, transfer the soup to a bowl, and chill it, covered, for a least 1 hour or overnight. The soup may be made 2 days in advance and kept covered and chilled. Arrange the cantaloupe halves on 6 small plates, ladle the soup into them, and garnish each serving with a mint sprig.