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Fresh Peach (or Nectarine) Iced Tea

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Once you have created the syrup, the choice is yours as to what you want to do with the fruit. I recommend leaving the fruit in the syrup in the refrigerator when you store it for a more intensely flavored syrup. It will keep for at least a week. When you add the syrup to the tea, you can add only the syrup for a smoother drink, although our children love the big chunks of peach mixed into the tea. We just serve it with a spoon.

Makes 2 cups of syrup

5 peaches or nectarines
1 cup sugar
strong black tea, cooled

Add 1 cup of water to the sugar and bring it to a simmer in a small stockpot. Let the mixture simmer until the sugar completely dissolves and is clear.

While the syurp is cooking, wash the peaches and coarsley chop them. When the syrup is finished, add the peaches or nectarines and mash them gently with a potato masher. Set the mixture aside to cool.

Fill an 8-ounce glass with ice. Add the tea and 3-4 tablespoons of syrup. Taste and add more syrup if you like. 

The syrup can be stored in the refrigerator two weeks.  Store the syrup with the peaches still in it to intensify the flavor, or strain them out. The peaches will be quite sweet and can be eaten as they are or served over pancakes, on plain yogurt, or over ice cream.


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