Recipes With Peaches | Taste of Home (2024)

FAQs

What can I do with an abundance of peaches? ›

You can add it to rice, chicken, fish, tofu, tacos, on salad or just as a dip. Dice some up for frozen peaches for smoothies and toppings for ice cream. Peach bbq sauce, make a peach cobbler or pie. Any left over buy some more fruit and make a sangria.

You can peel them raw, but it is easier to blanch the peaches first so the skin falls right off. But, if you're in a rush and just want to seal in that fresh summer flavor as soon as possible, you can place whole peaches right into a freezer bag.

Freezing peaches is a little easier and quicker and produces wonderfully sweet and delicious peaches to put in your freezer. Canning peaches produces jars of peeled and halved peaches for your pleasure.

Storing Ripe Peaches

Ripe peaches are best when eaten right away, but if you have more than you can eat in a single sitting, stash them in the refrigerator for up to a couple days. The cool temperature slows down ripening and prevents the peaches from quickly spoiling.

Fresh peaches that are picked ripe will last in the fridge for about 3-5 days. Peaches won't ripen further after refrigeration though, so be sure they are ripened first on the countertop by placing them in a brown paper sack (like the kind of paper sack you might pack your lunch in.)

First, slice your ripe beauties and freeze them on a baking sheet, says Friedman. Once firmly frozen, transfer them into a plastic bag and stick them back in your freezer. They should keep well for weeks.

Transfer the peaches to a zip-top plastic freezer bag

This will keep those slices fresh deep into winter when you're craving a fresh peach pie or a warm and hearty peach cobbler.

Can you raw pack peaches? ›

Peaches can be canned so many different ways: Hot Pack or Raw “Cold” Pack, light syrup, heavy syrup and even with natural juices and no “syrup” at all. In the picture below, you will see a comparison of Raw Packed on the right verses Hot Packed on the left, notice how the raw packed peaches float.

10 pounds of peaches will equal to about 20 - 25 peaches total.

After you cut up your peaches, wrapping them tightly and placing in the fridge is your best choice. When you know how to store peaches properly, you could have them staying fresh for 3-5 days. But if you're looking to keep them even longer, it's how to freeze peaches that you'll want to learn.

Peaches emit ethylene gas, a naturally occurring plant hormone that triggers the ripening process. Enclosing peaches in a bag traps the gas and speeds the ripening. Some like to put a banana or apple in the bag to boost the ethylene level.

If a peach still has a greenish hint to its skin color, leave it on the tree for a few more days to ripen. If it is picked green, a peach will have a "green" taste to it and it will not be as sweet.

All you have to do is slice your fresh peaches, line them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and flash freeze them around 4 hours. Once done, remove the sliced peaches and put them into an air tight plastic bag, placing them in the deepest part of your freezer.

How to Store Ripe Peaches. If you find yourself with a perfectly ripe peach, and for whatever reason, you're just not ready to chow it, stick it in the fridge in a loosely sealed plastic bag, says Jenny Friedman, Pennsylvania-based registered dietitian.

You don't want to thin when the fruit is too small because it can cause “split pit' in mature fruit left on the tree. But if you wait until the fruit is bigger than 1-inch the extra fruit has already taxed the trees resources causing undue stress on the tree.