Aren’t peaches in season one of the best things you can eat? Honestly, I have the world’s biggest sweet tooth but nothing rivals the sweetness of a perfectly ripe peach. I bought a case of peaches a few days ago (12 large peaches) and at $6, it was a decent price so I thought I would try my hand at canning. But then I figured if I was going to go to the trouble of canning, I should probably do a bushel. So, as I cut one open to eat it, it literally fell off of the pit…how beautiful!
So, this is what I did with a small case of peaches…
Cut each peach in half along the natural line and twist it open to reveal the pit!
Cut each half again so you have 4 quarters and then cut each quarter again lengthwise and then cut each length into 3 or 4 pieces (that makes for nice bite sized pieces). As you cut, collect them in a large bowl, scoop them (in my favourite measure…2 cups each because most muffin/quick bread recipes ask for that much) into Ziploc bags and freeze for whenever a peach fancy hits you:
1. for the freshest peach cake you will ever taste
2. for an awesome smoothie in the morning
3. for the best peach cobbler recipe (that I posted last week)…just use 3 bags because it calls for 6 cups….you get the drift, right? For about 1/2 an hour of work, you have 14 cups of the freshest peaches at your disposal!
You will thank me in February…trust me!
1. for the freshest peach cake you will ever taste
2. for an awesome smoothie in the morning
3. for the best peach cobbler recipe (that I posted last week)…just use 3 bags because it calls for 6 cups….you get the drift, right? For about 1/2 an hour of work, you have 14 cups of the freshest peaches at your disposal!
You will thank me in February…trust me!
