Spiced Peach Salad

Ingredients

• one jar of spiced peaches
• juice of a lemon
• pinch salt
• enough water to make one pint
• one-fourth cup of this liquid
• one tablespoon of unflavored gelatin
• Philadelphia Cream Cheese
• a little cream
• a little mayonnaise
• garnish with walnut halves (optional)

Method

1. 1

   Drain juice from spiced peaches, add lemon juice, salt, and water to make one pint.

2. 2

   Pour 1/4 cup over gelatin and soak for 5 minutes.

3. 3

   Heat remainder to boiling, pour over gelatin, and stir until dissolved.

4. 4

   Chill.

5. 5

   Cut peaches, fill with cream cheese mixture, and pour gelatin over when thickening.

6. 6

   Unmold, slice, and serve on lettuce with mayonnaise.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Natchez recipes (1900), page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPICED PEACH SALAD Drain juice from one jar of spiced peaches, add juice of a lemon, pinch salt, and enough water to make one pint. Pour one-fourth cup of this liquid over one tablespoon of unflavored gelatin, and allow to soak five minutes. Heat remainder to boiling point, pour over soaked gelatin, and stir until thoroughly dissolved. When cool, put in refrigerator to chill. Cut peaches in half, take out seeds, and fill with Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened and thoroughly blended with a little cream and mayonnaise, and put back together. Arrange in oblong dish and pour gelatin mixture over them when it begins to thicken Unmold and slice so that each individual serving has a peach. Serve on crisp lettuce with mayonnaise, garnish with walnut halves (optional)

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