Type | Dessert |
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Created by | Auguste Escoffier |
Main ingredients | Peaches, raspberry sauce, vanilla ice cream |
Peach Melba (French: pêche Melba, pronounced [pɛʃ mɛlba]) is a dessert of peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream. It was invented in 1892 or 1893 by the French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel, London, to honour the Australian soprano Nellie Melba.[1][2]