Peaches à la Madame Récamier is a dish of peaches that have been poached, then are served in a dish with sugar syrup and cream poured on them.
History Notes
The recipe is recorded by Réné de Beauvoir in the May 1857 issue of Monde Ilustré. He attributed it to a hotel manager named Chevrier.
“Madame Récamier,” says Chevrier, “had lost all interest in food and we could see her fading away. No one dared disobey the doctor’s orders for her — a diet. Very well, I said to myself, she likes peaches — I’ll serve her some in my own way. And I put one, the best I could find, to cook in a bain-marie. I smothered it with exquisite sugar syrup, poured some cream over it — and there it was.” New Larousse Gastronomique. Paris: Librairie Larousse. English edition 1977. P. 679.