Peaches in red wine sauce

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 1 liter red wine, dry
• 200 g sugar
• 4 carnations
• 1 cinnamon stick(s)
• 1 lemon peel
• 6 peach(s), white
• 200 g cream
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• Mint, for garnishing

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 16 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 26 minutes

Mix the wine with the sugar, cloves, cinnamon stick, and lemon zest. Place the peaches in boiling water for 1 minute, rinse, and then peel. Then halve and remove the stones. Place the peach halves in a saucepan and cover with the red wine mixture. Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes. Remove from the liquid, let cool slightly, and then cut into wedges. Reduce the wine to a syrupy sauce; this takes about 10 minutes. Remove the spices and lemon zest. Pour the sauce over the peaches and let stand in the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Whip the cream with the vanilla sugar until stiff peaks form. Arrange the peaches with some of the sauce on dessert bowls and garnish with whipped cream and mint leaves.