How To Slice Peaches
Ingredients
- Freestone Peaches
- Clingstone peaches can be used but are a little more difficult to cut. See my tips in the notes section for using clingstone peaches.
Instructions
- Blanch the peach by placing it in boiling water for 45 seconds.
- After 45 seconds, remove the peach from the boiling water and plunge it in to ice water to stop the cooking process.
- Use a small paring knife to peel the skin off the peaches. If your peaches are ripe, you may not even need a knife, just peel it with your fingers.
- Find the natural indent of the peach, start at the stem and cut the peach in half.
- With your hands, gently twist each side of the peach in opposite directions and the peach should pull apart in to two halves. Remove the pit. It should just pop out, but if not, you can carefully pry it out with a spoon.
- Put the peach cut side down and make lengthwise cuts in to the middle of each peach half.
Video
Notes
Clingstone Peach: If you have clingstone peaches, the peach won't twist apart. Instead, make slices all around the outside of the peeled peach. Use a paring knife to cut each slice away from the pit.