Michelle Darmody: How to bake the perfect peach melba for dessert
Peach melba is a deliciously old-fashioned dessert that still works all these years later. It is rumoured to have originated in the Savoy Hotel in London in the late 1800s.
 Its simplicity, in mixing peaches with the more tart raspberries and a smooth sweet ice cream, makes it an after-dinner treat that can be rustled up in a hurry. It is worth investing in a good vanilla ice cream, or if you have time, making your own.
