What to do when you have a box of 25 pounds of peaches? The possibilities are endless (baking, canning, freezing) – but most start with peeling the peaches. And although I had heard that peeling peaches was an easy process, I’d never done it before – so I kept putting it off. I finally got around to it this weekend and let me just say, I was silly to procrastinate. Peeling peaches with this method was insanely easy!
Your peaches should be ripe – but not mushy before you start this process.
- Using a paring knife, score a big X into the bottom of each peach. Not too deep, just enough to cut the skin.
- Get a big sauce pan of water boiling on the stove.
- Drop 3-4 peaches into the boiling water, let sit for about 30 seconds
- Use a slotted spoon and transfer peaches from boiling water to ice bath (large bowl of water with lots of ice).
- Remove peaches from ice water and the skin should peel back with ease!
Wasn’t that easy? I set up a little assembly line and seriously got 25 pounds of peaches peeled in less than 30 minutes.
They are so pretty when they are all peeled and ready to go. . .now what should we make with them? I have some ideas that I’ll be sharing throughout the week. . . .
Have you used this method to peel peaches before? What’s your favorite thing to make with peaches?
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