What to do with really sour peaches
So the market near my house had small peaches on sale $.49 per pound they felt nice and smelled really good. I lost a bit of my good sense and didn't listen to the little bird chirping "if it's too good to be true it probably is." I just took a bite of one and it was so sour and bitter it tasted more like a lemon.
So I have about two pounds of these bad boys that are inedible raw. I am loathe to waste them. I have a recipe for a peach jam but I'd rather not go through that mess. Any ideas??
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16 Comments:
So you're out $1? Life's too short. They're biodegradable, so bury them in your garden, or throw them out with the regular garbage.
Ortolan at 2:41PM on 06/23/09
Make peach-ade?
Maybe pie...
Cassaendra at 2:51PM on 06/23/09
How about a cobbler? Maybe mix in another fruit while cooking it down to add some sweetness? I've made peach/blueberry and peach/strawberry cobbler in the past with good success ... And it's pretty simple
gbania at 2:53PM on 06/23/09
Peel them (fastest is drop them in boiling water, then shock them and slip off the peels) and then cook them down with sugar and vanilla and a little lemon (and maybe some spiced rum and cinnamon?) and use as a dessert sauce. Not as long a cooking time as jam, but tasty. You can bake them down too, just pull out and stir/mash up every now and again.
Good over ice cream, cake, pancakes etc. or swirl some into tea, smoothies or boozy slushy drinks.
Cooked with another fruit (like blueberries) I bet they would be fine.
sadiepix at 2:59PM on 06/23/09
My first thought was to treat them like a vegetable. Roast 'em with pork, or - even better - pickle them and eat them like a salad!
BangieB at 3:04PM on 06/23/09
@ Ortolan - It's not that I am out $1.00 - It the wasting of food that I dislike. If I can in any way utilize the peaches I would feel much better. There are many people out there that can't afford food, wasting it seems like such an insult. My humble opinion is that almost all food can be utilized or saved from waste.
Martini Me at 3:10PM on 06/23/09
I think cooking them is the solution because you can always add more sugar to offset the tartness...don't know if this will soften them enough but maybe coat them in sugar and vanilla and grill them? Serve with ice cream...something sweet like caramel. You could try roasting them or poaching them in syrup.
bigfatmouth at 3:31PM on 06/23/09
If they're just under-ripe, and still very hard, you might be able to treat them like green mangoes and make a southeast Asian style salad.
Nicholas H at 3:33PM on 06/23/09
peach jam.
hmw0029 at 3:53PM on 06/23/09
My mom used to make chicken with peaches and dumplings. There was no real recipe, just braised thighs to which she added peaches and drop dumplings. I think she used canned peaches, though. You could roast the peaches first and then add them with maybe a pinch of sugar and some stock or broth to some browned chicken thighs. Braise them together until the chicken is cooked through. The top it with your favorite dumpling recipe (I use the one in the Joy of Cooking), cover it until the dumplings have cooked through and serve. I might have to try making this now...
Amandarama at 5:33PM on 06/23/09
What about slicing the peaches into thin rounds, grilling them to bring out any natural sweetness, drizzling with honey and serving with a good vanilla ice cream. Or slice then into thin matchsticks and use in a coleslaw or salsa. Never tried either, just brainstorming here!
thinkingincrayons at 6:12PM on 06/23/09
Poach them in wine and sugar? Make cobbler? Pie? Stuff the halves with a crumb topping?
ag3208 at 7:55PM on 06/23/09
I just made this recipe for plum cake yesterday and it was great, I bet it would work nicely with the peaches too: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/plum-cake-tatin-recipe/index.html
It uses so much sugar, I bet it would really mellow out the sourness of the peaches.
yayfood at 9:13PM on 06/23/09
Poach them in a sweet(ish) white wine. Add sugar (with or without raspberry sauce or cherry jam) to the poaching liquid after you've removed the peaches. Reduce the liquid to a syrup. You want this sweetened to your taste, so taste it...You can add some citrus to it to brighten it up if you've gone overboard with sugar.
Serve the peaches on top of pound cake, topped with whipped cream and drizzled with the sauce. Or serve the peaches with ice cream and the sauce. Or cut up the peaches, dump them in the sauce, and serve it warm over pork chops. Or ice cream. :-)
dbcurrie at 9:26PM on 06/23/09
Roast them with some butter and brown sugar and then use that as the base for ice cream!
Knitter at 10:00AM on 06/24/09
Daiquiri's
shastings at 2:22PM on 06/24/09