Peach cobbler made with fresh peaches = peeling peaches. If you have never tried to peel a fresh peach let me paint you a picture: It’s a bit like trying to peel off 20-year-old wallpaper without the help of a steamer; it’s slow going in frustrating bits and pieces.
Ain’t nobody got time for that.
If you have never blanched fruit, this tutorial is basically that. What is blanching? So glad you asked!
Blanch: The process of briefly cooking food in boiling water or steam and then immersing the food in ice cold water or frozen storage to stop the cooking process.
Easy. Simple. Purdy.
Purdy? Yep. A byproduct of blanching fruits and veggies is that the process brings out their colors. Purdy!
Let’s get down to business, shall we?
How to Peel Peaches Like a Peach Peelin’ Pro
Start with fresh ripe peaches. Look at these babies. Why is one missing? Quality Control. You know, to make sure they’re deeeeelish.
Score the BOTTOM of each peach in a cross pattern with a sharp knife. This is where you’ll peel the peach.
Scored and ready to be blanched.
Some folks like to blanch with boiling water. For these very ripe peaches, I decided on a high simmer, yet not a boil.
Into the pot they go. A stay of 30-40 seconds in the simmering water is all they need. SO FAST!
Have an ice bath ready to go, before you put your peaches in the simmering water. The ice cold water will halt the blanching process, so make sure you have enough ice cold water to cover the fruit.
Brrrrr. I used a slotted spoon, to turn the peaches because as you can see, I didn’t follow my own instructions of making susre there was enough water to cover the fruit.
Out of the ice bath, ready to be peeled.
Garry was kind enough to peel while I took pics. Look at the smoothness of the skin almost sliding off of that glorious peach.
So easy!
E’ finito! Look at that color! That summer peachy goodness!
Couldn’t be any easier, right?
Happy Peach Peelin’ Like a Peach Peelin’ Pro, mah babies!
These peaches look yummy! And I have never tried to peel a peach so this will help if i ever need to
I can’t imagine having to peel peaches without blanching them first, so file this where you’ll find it when needed!
:O I am seriously in awe. How could I not have known about this a few weeks ago?!
I made a peach pie (my first) and I peeled God only knows how many peaches the hard way. I was so sick of peeling after that. This method sounds like a DREAM. A serious DREAM.
Thanks for this post! I’m pinning for future reference.
OMGosh! I’m sorry you had no idea, because it is so easy to peel peaches once they’ve been blanched. But, I bet the pie was good.
I’ve heard of the term blanching but never knew what it was.. I may have been unfocused during that part of home ec. Very very good to know because I’ve been wasting a lot of peaches but not doing this.
NEVER WASTE A RIPE PEACH! Sorry. I feel for you and all the peaches you’ve been peeling without an old-school blanch. Never again!
Mind blown! Ah – this is amazing!
Get to blanchin’!
I have always destroyed a peach when trying to peel it. I had never heard of blanching them before – very cool!
Booming voice from the past: NOW YOU KNOW!
My Mema taught me this trick several years ago. She called it ‘slipping’ the peach.
Indeed, that exactly what it is!
Great tutorial. Now if I could just find some good peaches. Our markets has been pretty sad. No smell, no flavor.
Madonna
MakeMineLemon
Nooooo! I’m wishing you ripe delicious peaches!
Very cool! I’ve always peeling peaches looked pretty intimidating but this process makes it look simple 🙂
So. Simple!
Such a great share thank you!!!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, totally going to try that trick on all my sometimes hard to peel fruits and veggies 😀
Blanchin’ is da bomb! (do people even say that anymore?!)
My sister would have killed for this trick a few weeks ago when she was making her Super Simple Peach Cobbler that I put up on the blog a few days ago. I’ll have to pass along the tip for next time!
~Meaghan from DIYfaerie
Pass it along…she’ll love it for next time.
Whaaa? I never thought of blanching them! I always just make a giant mess by peeling them with a knife! Thanks for sharing!!
You are welcome!
AMAZING! No more messing peach-peeling for me 🙂 I would love for you to share this post at my Create & Share Link Party tonight (7:00 PM MST)! Hope to see you there 🙂 designsbymissmandee.blogspot.com/
Thanks!
Great idea for a tutorial!! Thanks so much for linking with us at #Foodie Fridays!
Glad you liked it.