Massive quantity of peaches... what to do?

[madteaparty]

I will slice and freeze a number, sure. Any other ideas? They are also small, organic ones so it’s a lot of work to process them. Have any tried and true ways to process two trees worth of peaches? Tell me all! 🙏

[MEmama]

Can jars of Peach ginger jam, if you can make it last that long. And pie, obviously. And peach blueberry crisp, for sure. Mmmmm!

You have a fortunate problem! 🙂 

[madteaparty]

31 minutes ago, MEmama said:

Can jars of Peach ginger jam, if you can make it last that long. And pie, obviously. And peach blueberry crisp, for sure. Mmmmm!

You have a fortunate problem! 🙂 

Have a recipe for peach ginger jam? I’m not great for canning but might give it a whirl.

[lmrich]

gift them to friends!

[pinball]

Dare to eat one!

Hat tip: TS Eliot

[barnwife]

Well, if I wasn't fast enough, they'd all get eaten around here. Also, I recently bought some honey vanilla peach butter at our farmer's market. It's quite good. 

I wish I had this problem.

[klmama]

If you don't want to can, you could still make peach freezer jam.  It's faster and less work, but you do need freezer space.  Google recipes and pick one with good ratings.

[MEmama]

2 hours ago, madteaparty said:

Have a recipe for peach ginger jam? I’m not great for canning but might give it a whirl.

From Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin. 
 

[livetoread]

I just stick them in the freezer whole. They are a bit more mushy than slices after thawing, but they are great in smoothies or cold peach soup or anything in which they are blended. A bonus is the skin comes off easily if you just run the frozen peach under water briefly. I take the skin off and then use a knife to cut sections off the pit and toss in the blender. Very easy.

[gardenmom5]

fruit leather?

[kokotg]

25 minutes ago, livetoread said:

I just stick them in the freezer whole. They are a bit more mushy than slices after thawing, but they are great in smoothies or cold peach soup or anything in which they are blended. A bonus is the skin comes off easily if you just run the frozen peach under water briefly. I take the skin off and then use a knife to cut sections off the pit and toss in the blender. Very easy.

Yep--we do this, too. My husband just eats them right out of the freezer all winter; a little mushy, but they still taste good!

[bibiche]

What kind of peach trees do you have? 😃 

[sassenach]

IDK what you should do, but all I can thing about is this song: 

 

[catz]

Do you blanch them to peel?  I used to get a big quanitty every year though I didn't this year.  I'd blanch, throw in icewater to cool, and peel all at once.  Super easy to chop from there.  

 I used to freeze mine ready to put in a cobbler or a pie too so it would be super easy to throw together.  

[madteaparty]

1 hour ago, livetoread said:

I just stick them in the freezer whole. They are a bit more mushy than slices after thawing, but they are great in smoothies or cold peach soup or anything in which they are blended. A bonus is the skin comes off easily if you just run the frozen peach under water briefly. I take the skin off and then use a knife to cut sections off the pit and toss in the blender. Very easy.

Ooh. This might actually happen even here. Thank you. 

[Noreen Claire]

I would start by scrolling trough the pages and pages of recipes Marissa McLellan has for peaches at FoodInJars.com: https://foodinjars.com/?s=peaches&post_types=recipe.

Hands down, her best recipe for peaches is salted brown sugar peach jam, and it is in her book Preserving by the Pint. If you can't get your hands on a copy from the library, I would be glad to PM you a photo of the recipe. 😉

[madteaparty]

53 minutes ago, bibiche said:

What kind of peach trees do you have? 😃 

Ones that magically make fruit despite abhorrent neglect. 🤣

(we planted one and proceeded to ignore it. One other came with the property and we also ignored it. They both make masses of small fruit but the one we planted is now immense)

[madteaparty]

38 minutes ago, FuzzyCatz said:

Do you blanch them to peel?  I used to get a big quanitty every year though I didn't this year.  I'd blanch, throw in icewater to cool, and peel all at once.  Super easy to chop from there.  

 I used to freeze mine ready to put in a cobbler or a pie too so it would be super easy to throw together.  

I’ve never blanched anything in my life. 🤣

[madteaparty]

3 hours ago, lmrich said:

gift them to friends!

Yes I’ve invited many for fruit picking but  still quite a few left on the trees

[pinball]

21 minutes ago, Noreen Claire said:

I would start by scrolling trough the pages and pages of recipes Marissa McLellan has for peaches at FoodInJars.com: https://foodinjars.com/?s=peaches&post_types=recipe.

Hands down, her best recipe for peaches is salted brown sugar peach jam, and it is in her book Preserving by the Pint. If you can't get your hands on a copy from the library, I would be glad to PM you a photo of the recipe. 😉

Someone took a pic of it and it is on Pinterest

[Pam in CT]

I just have to announce: we had a similar thread by someone with a similar problem this time last year, and I then lamented that I could not even IMAGINE too many peaches.... and  at @bibiche 's urging, despite my climate reservations, I planted two trees this spring, and to my utter astonishment they both set fruit the first year; and despite various problems (starting with their teeny tiny branches could not support the weight of the growing fruit, so lots of the baby ones dropped... and then birds a'peckin'... and then the raccoons discovered the ripening fruit... and then just as they started to look mouth-wateringly close my BLASTED DOG started jumping up and stealing the fruit...)  I have already had 2 perfect and 2 not-quite-ripe homegrown peaches and there are a handful more still ripening behind the contraptions now in place to deter critters.

 

 

That is all.

 

 

 

(fingers crossed that they survive the winter ice storms; that will be the rub.)

[kbutton]

2 hours ago, gardenmom5 said:

fruit leather?

They are also good dried if you have a good dehydrator. At least I've been told so; I am not actually a big fan of peaches myself.

Agreeing that jam is a good way to get rid of quite a lot.

8 minutes ago, Pam in CT said:

(fingers crossed that they survive the winter ice storms; that will be the rub.)

If they are still small, perhaps you can wrap them when an ice storm threatens, especially if they are likely to be fine otherwise.