Chef Chat’s Whole Bunch of Love

Description
This is a recipe that I played around with and perfected in 1982. I had all of these ingredients on hand and wanted to come up with a unique dessert using fresh peaches from my overloaded peach tree.

Ingredients

 * 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
 * 2 teaspoons peach preserves
 * 8 ounce can pineapple tidbits in their own juice, drained
 * 6 maraschino cherries, halved
 * 1/8 cup fresh blackberries
 * 2 large peaches, halved, pitted
 * 1 tablespoon chopped pecans

Directions

 * 1) In a small bowl combine cream cheese and preserves.
 * 2) Blend well. Stir in pineapple, cherries and blackberries.
 * 3) Slice a small portion from the base of each peach half so that the fruit sits flat.
 * 4) Reserve peach slices.
 * 5) Arrange peach halves on serving plates.
 * 6) Spoon 1/4 of pineapple mixture into each peach half and sprinkle with pecans.
 * 7) Garnish each with reserved peach slices and mint leaves.

Contributed by
Cat's Recipes Y-Group