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Peach Recipe to Revive Disappointing Fruit?
September 14, 2011
3:49 pm
kellymy
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I've got about 16 beautiful peaches – firm flesh, look great, but their less than sweet and the flesh is mushy.  Bummer!

 

Ideas for a recipe that will help boost up the flavor and don't depend on a firm flesh? Freezer friendly is a plus!  Thanks!

September 14, 2011
3:50 pm
kellymy
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What I meant was… the flesh _felt_ firm when I was in the squeezing/buying stages, but when eating they have a mushy texture.  

September 14, 2011
4:53 pm
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Peach freezer jam.  Freeze them to use in smoothies with other fruit.  Peach topping for ice cream or pancakes.

September 15, 2011
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I just participated in a similar discussion on another board–the general consensus was to cut your losses and toss them. 

If you are too frugal to do that, adding lemon juice might help, and some folks said roasting concentrated the flavor. 

You could roast them and turn them into freezer jam. 

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September 15, 2011
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Mushy fruit always reminds me of fruit butters.  We had some less than tasty peaches that we turned into a quite wonderful peach butter earlier this summer. 

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September 15, 2011
12:21 pm
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Pete said:

Mushy fruit always reminds me of fruit butters.  We had some less than tasty peaches that we turned into a quite wonderful peach butter earlier this summer. 

I was going to say the exact same thing.  Get outta my head, Pete!  If you puree them, and cook them down a bit to concentrate the flavor, I bet you'd get some really good peach butter.

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September 15, 2011
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September 15, 2011
8:43 pm
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Oh, fruit butter ditto, yes, oh yes and yum!  I take near every fruit that ripens in my area and do a butter for each.  It's my first go-to for any fruit slightly overripe or unimpressive.  Butters do reduce to near half of what you start with but what lovely concentrated sweetness with low extra sugar and no pectin!  I fill my favorite 5-qt pot with coarsely chopped fruit and pour in one container of condensed apple juice or condensed white grape juice depending on the fruit, maybe a slosh of a wine.  Cook till soft and render silky with an immersible blender.  My last butter was 16 pounds of pears reduced with a half cup of white wine, one can of white grape, 2C cane sugar, couple tsps of ginger.  My closest friend lays in wait for this put-up at the holidays, declaring it "liquid pear" and eats it with a spoon straight from the jar.  I think your soft peaches are a perfect candidate for a fruit butter attempt!

September 15, 2011
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You could make a pie recipe using peach flavored jello to help with the flavor and freeze it. I'm not sure how well it freezes, but it is delicious. The jello also helps boost the color.

September 15, 2011
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Thanks for the advice! Now while I'd like to try peach butter, I'm also in a bit of a crunch now – leaving for a girls weekend tomorrow am!

September 16, 2011
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Weeeelllll, in that case what you do is rough chop, meaure then freeze the pulp, and deal with the cooking later!

Just make SURE that you measure the total amount before freezing.  Peaches especially get very juicy when they thaw.  That is just fine, but if you have not already measured it can cause a problem figuring out the correct proportions.

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