The simplest method for How to Peel Peaches quickly and easily, saving you time and headache. No knife or peeler required!
Once you've got this peeling trick down, you can bottle/preserve peaches or make something delicious like peach cobbler, peach crisp, or peach scones.
When a recipe calls for several peeled peaches, you know it's going to be delicious but getting peach skin to come off smoothly, using a knife or a peeler, can be time consuming! (Not to mention you often lose chunks of peach flesh doing it that way.)
This blanch and shock method for peeling peaches is the easiest way to remove the skin from peaches quickly and without a knife or peeler.
How to Peel Peaches:
1. Boil a large pot of water. Choose a pot big enough to fit several peaches at a time.
2. Blanch peaches: Reduce heat to a simmer and lower peaches into the water. Let them blanch in the water for about 30 seconds.
3. Place them in an ice bath. After you scald the peaches in hot water you want to stop them from cooking (“shock” them) by immediately putting them in an ice water bath until they have cooled.
4. Peel the skins off. The peach skin should be very easy to pull away gently with your hands, or use a knife to make a small slit to get it started.
Once the peaches are peeled, they're ready to slice. Cut the peach in half by running a knife all the way around the center and pit of the peach. Gently twist to pull the sides apart from one another and remove the pit.
Peach Buying Guide:
The most important part of a delicious peach recipe is the quality and ripeness of the peaches used. Here are a few guidelines for how to choose a ripe peach:
- Look at the skin color. Look for peaches that have nicely colored red and yellow skin. Green skin is a sign of an unripe peach.
- Smell. Peaches with a fragrant “peachy” smell will be more ripe then those with little or no smell.
- Give it a squeeze. Check the firmness of the peach by squeezing it gently. Pay attention to how soft it is. Unripe peaches are very firm, ripe peaches will give just slightly, and over-ripe peaches will feel almost squishy.
- Check for bruises and wrinkles. Look for mushy spots on the peach or brown spots that would indicate bruising. Also check that the skin hasn't started to wrinkle.
After peeling, use your fresh peaches in:
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Recipe
How to Peel Peaches (Easiest Method!)
Equipment
Ingredients
- Peaches , ripened
- Water
- Ice
Instructions
- Boil a pot of water, large enough to submerge several peaches.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to simmer. Lower peaches into the water and let them blanch/soak for about 30 seconds.
- Use a slotted spoon to transfer the peaches from the pot, into a bowl full of ice water to cool.
- Once cooled, the peach skin should be very easy to pull away gently with your hands. You may use a knife to make a slit in the skin, if needed.
- Starting at the stem, run a knife vertically around the outside of the peach. Carefully twist and pull the sides apart from one another and remove the pit.
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After peeling, if not using right away, do you put lemon juice on them to prevent browning?
Thank you for sharing!! had no idea peeling peaches could be so fast and easy
Thank you so much! You answered my questions completely and it was very easy! They came out so easily and with very little waste!!!
Worked fantastic! If I would have known how easy it was I would have done more! Peach truck here I come next year. I’m buying a case to freeze. Thank you
I was wondering about freezing afterwards too. You answered my question as well, thank you both.
BRILLIANT! This worked like a charm. Thank you so much! We enjoyed our homemade peach ice cream so much more for not having struggled to prep the peaches first. 🙂
Thanks for the information. Very helpful.
Worked like a dream. Thank you for this help, so much better than peeling by hand and saves more of the fruit.
Very quick and simple, and worked great! Thank you!
I can’t believe how perfectly this method worked! If only I knew about this decades ago, I would not have massacred so many peaches. Thanks!
Very clear instructions. It worked like a dream. The twist and separate like you do for an avocado, worked as well. Thanks for the instructions.
I didn’t expect this to work, but it did and like a charm! Thanks so much! I’m on my way to a sweet, sweet peach cobbler.