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- So you can ripen a peach
- Fully ripe peaches taste best
- Peaches are not storable
- Just ripen the immature fruits
- Process peaches further
- Tips & Tricks
So you can ripen a peach
Peaches are delicious fruits: they are juicy, sweet, aromatic and also true vitamin bombs. They taste best fresh from the tree, but with a simple trick you can let them ripen.
Fully ripe peaches taste best
If possible, you should ripen peaches on the tree, because only in this state, they can develop their full aroma and their typical juiciness. Ripe peaches emit an intense scent and the pulp gives way to light pressure. However, this rule does not apply to all peaches, because some varieties should be harvested hardy and then ripen.
Peaches are not storable
Unfortunately, ripe peaches can only be kept for a few days before the putrefaction process begins. For a maximum of two or three days you can store the sweet fruits, preferably in the fridge, provided they have not been damaged during transport. It is best to store peaches so that they do not touch each other. The fruits have a very high water content and are therefore extremely sensitive to pressure. You can process ripe peaches to jam or compote, some varieties can also be frozen.
Just ripen the immature fruits
Sometimes, however, peaches need to be harvested immature, for example due to adverse weather conditions - wet weather in the ripening season will cause fruit to spoil quickly - or because of transport, eg. B. from the supermarket home. Unripe fruits are hard, they also lack the typical peach flavor. To ripen these fruits, proceed as follows:
Process peaches further
Peaches can be processed in a variety of ways. The fruits taste like jam, compote, fruit pulp or as part of delicious desserts such as peach cardinal or peach melba.
Tips & Tricks
Please always throw away rotten peaches as the molds spread invisibly in the pulp. You can eat brown spots without hesitation.