Peach Salad

This recipe is an example of elegance and simplicity. Perfect peaches, sliced, are dressed with a bit of sugar, Madeira (I used Marsala), lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg. They are then served with cream (we used vanilla ice cream). That bit of fortified wine and lemon juice was a perfect complement to the peach, and seemed to amplify its perfect flavor. It would also help along a less-than-perfect peach.

Part of me thinks this recipe might be too simple, however I read this discussion about Zuni Cafe, where people were discussing whether an $8 nectarine on the menu, which turned out to be only a nectarine was a rip-off or brilliance. Perhaps had it been slightly sexier, as with the Peach Salad's dressing, that Zuni menu item would not have shocked anyone.