Ingredients

• 3 cups red wine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 whole cloves
• 2 to 3 whole peppercorns
• 1 or 2 strips lemon rind
• 2 large peaches, halved and pitted
• 1 pint vanilla bean ice cream
• Whipped cream, in canister
• Freshly grated nutmeg, to garnish

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Instructions

1. Combine the wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, peppercorns, and lemon rind in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stir to dissolve the sugar, and reduce heat to a bubble.
2. Bring the poaching liquid to a boil and cook on high heat until reduced to a syrupy texture. Add the peaches and poach the fruit, spooning the syrup over them occasionally, until you can pierce the peach easily with a knife, about 5 minutes.
3. Put the peach halves in 2 dessert bowls. Top with ice cream, whipped cream, and drizzle with the poaching syrup. Grate a little nutmeg over the top.