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Peaches, Blueberries & Strawberries with Basil & Pepper Dessert Recipe

August 7, 2017

Today, I have a sweet and diverse dessert recipe to share. There’s tons of fruit in it and it has some spicy herb accents. This is one you don’t want to miss.

Peaches, Blueberries & Strawberries with Basil & Pepper Dessert Recipe

The Recipe

The entire preparation of this dessert shouldn’t take more than just a few minutes. All you need to do is to clean and prep the fruit by trimming and cutting some of it into smaller pieces. Then, measure out a few items, mix them together and then mix everything together.

The ingredients I list below are a good base. If you’d like to add or substitute something else, there’s no problem with that. For instance, you can add some blackberries or raspberries. You can substitute the blueberries for cherries – whatever. I was actually going to add some black cherries into this dessert, but when I tried to halve them, they didn’t exactly cooperate, which is unfortunate. I’ve had good luck doing this to cherries in the past, so this was a rare occurrence.

This dessert uses sugar, basil and pepper as sort of a coating for the fruit, which is an excellent idea. I like having the peppery flavor combined with the distinctness of the basil. The sugar is just a kick in the right direction, which is smooth and pleasant.

Ingredients

Serves: 4

4 Teaspoons White Granulated Sugar
2 Tablespoons Fresh Basil, Chopped
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
3 Peaches, Halved, Pitted and Cut into 1 Inch Pieces
2 Cups Blueberries
2 Cups Strawberries, Top Trimmed and Halved
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

Step-by-Step Instructions

I’d like to thank America’s Test Kitchen and their resource called The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook for this recipe. It’s one of their many fabulous desserts that I’m proud to share. While I did mix and substitute some of their ingredients, I drew my inspiration from them.

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Prep the Ingredients

As usual, you’ll need to measure out and prep all your ingredients before doing anything else. I did just that and took a few photos along the way.

Luckily, I have six large basil plants growing in my garden, so it was simple to head out to the back yard to trim some lovely basil leaves.


Fresh Basil Leaves

After bringing them inside and giving them a quick rinse, I chopped them up and placed them in a bowl.

Chopped Basil

Next, I cut the peaches in half, removed the pit and cut the halves into thirds.

Pieces of Fresh Ripe Peaches

Then, I trimmed the tops from the strawberries and cut each one in half.

Trimmed and Halved Strawberries

Finally, I rinsed off and measured out the blueberries.

Fresh Blueberries

Combine Sugar & Basil

In a large bowl, add the sugar, basil and pepper.


Sugar, Basil and Ground Black Pepper Mixture

Then, use a large spoon to mix these ingredients together. You’ll likely need to press the ingredients into the corner of the bowl to make the sugar moist and for it to absorb the basil juices.

Sugar, Basil and Pepper Mixed Together

Add the Fruit

At this point, you can add all the fruit to the large bowl the sugar mixture is in. Toss to combine everything. Then, add the lemon juice and toss everything again until the sugar mixture and the lemon juice are evenly distributed among all the piece of strawberry, peach and blueberry.

Plate & Serve

You’re all done! Divide the mixture between bowls and serve. Enjoy!

The Final Fruit Dessert

This recipe was so easy to put together. After obtaining the ingredients, I’m sure you can whip this up and serve it in just minutes. If you decide to give this dessert a try, please let me know what you think. Thanks for reading!

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About Jay Gaulard

My name is Jay Gaulard and I'm what I like to call an "inexperienced chef," if that's not an oxymoron. I initially decided to immerse myself into the world of food and cooking in May of 2015, when I began growing, in earnest, my first garden. The garden produced a wonderful yield and with some newfound confidence, my hobby of learning about what I eat took shape. Currently, I'm enrolled in an online cooking school and am quite active with the culinary community. I primarily write posts about what I research and learn along the way.

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