Pêche Melba

€8.50

L'assiette Aux Fromages · Montpellier

Nutrition

≈ 400 kcalper portion of about 250 g

Protein5%
5%
Fat35%
35%
Carbohydrates60%
60%

Estimate for a typical portion of this dish; the venue's recipe may differ.

About the dish

A dessert composed of poached peaches, vanilla ice cream, and raspberry sauce.

Cuisine: French

Typical ingredients

peaches
vanilla ice cream
raspberry sauce
sugar

General information about this dish, not provided by the venue. Dish pictures are illustrations based on the menu description, not photos from the venue.

History of the dish

France · 1893

Peach Melba — © Robbie Sproule · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Origin: France
Dates from: 1893
Named after: Nellie Melba
Created by: Auguste Escoffier

Peach Melba (French: pêche Melba, pronounced [pɛʃ mɛlba]) is a dessert of peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream. It was invented in 1892 or 1893 by the French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel, London, to honour the Australian soprano Nellie Melba.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Peach Melba” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia ·

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