Refreshing and Simple Cheese and Peach Dessert Recipe (video)

This recipe is based on a dessert we had in a local Italian restaurant. It's coming to the end of peach season here in Ontario, but there are still some stunning peaches at the markets, so we want to eat as many of them as we can while they're in season. The flavour combination of the sweetened fresh cheese, the super sweet peaches, the slightly resinous basil, and the tart blackberries is amazing. You could also replace the basil with some fresh mint if you wanted. If you can't get your hands on fresh, we don't recommend using dried herbs for this, because that fresh green aroma is really what makes it. Our basil grew like crazy this year, so we've got it to spare.

The cheese we used was a sheep ricotta, and it was much drier than we were expecting. We added a little bit of yogurt to help cream everything up a little, and you could also use some heavy cream if you had to. You may have better luck using something like mascarpone, burrata, or stracciatella cheese (which is how it was served to us in a restaurant). You might even be able to do this with cream cheese, though you may wish to whip it a little or use some cream or milk to make it a bit lighter.

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