Recipe w/ overripe peaches

Gold Member Joined: Jul 14 2009 Posts: 2094

I have a lot of overripe peaches & am looking for a recipe. most peach cobbler recipes call for canned peaches. I also have a few plumbs & pears, but those are still edible. TIA!

Gold Member Joined: Jan 25 2011 Posts: 2087

never tried making it but fruit leather sounds good.

http://www.pennilessparenting.com/2012/06/homemade-fruit-leather-recipe.html

Gold Member Joined: Jul 14 2009 Posts: 2094

thanks peppermint, but my filter blocks almost e/t. can you cut & paste the recipe for me?

Gold Member Joined: Jan 25 2011 Posts: 2087

Homemade Fruit Leather Recipe from http://www.pennilessparenting.com/2012/06/homemade-fruit-leather-recipe.html

Ingredients:
Fruit (fresh, or canned and strained, raw or cooked)

Instructions:
1. Cut off all the blemishes from your fruit.

2. Blend the fruit in a blender or food processor until relatively smooth. Small chunks are ok.

3. Line a baking tray with baking paper, then smooth the blended fruit onto the tray. You should probably use more than pictured here- this is too little and makes a thinner, cracklier fruit leather instead of a very pliable.

4. Put in the oven on the lowest temperature setting possible, and prop open the door a drop (less than a centimeter) to allow moisture to escape.

5. Check on the fruit every so often, and remove from the oven when it's dry. Be careful not to keep it in too long or it will burn and/or dry out to much. I found this needed between 2 and 4 hours, depending on how thick I piled it on the baking paper.

6. Peel the baking paper off the fruit leather, and cut into strips.

Enjoy guilt free, knowing that you saved some less than perfect fruit from going into the trash, and made a treat that is relatively healthy, at least in comparison to the standard treats on the market.

Gold Member Joined: Jul 14 2009 Posts: 2094

thanks for the recipe, I had no patience for peeling & such so I cut them all up & put it to boil in a pot w/ water & some lemon juice. I hope it comes out ok!

Posted: Tue, Jul 10 2012, 4:01 am Post subject: re: recipe w/ overripe peaches

I'd cut, blend up with milk and maybe sugar or sweetener, though probably not necessary, and freeze. You could also blend up with yogurt.
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Platinum Member Joined: Aug 17 2011 Posts: 5976

I have made peach pie. I just substitute for apples.

Gold Member Joined: Mar 04 2009 Posts: 2236

Peach compote is very refreshing in the summer. Just cut up peaches into fourths. Throw in a pot with water and sugar and cook until soft. (don't overcook). And chill.

I made peach cobbler recently with fresh peaches. It came out terrific not a crumb was left. Just follow a regular recipe you know the types that call for oatmeal and brown sugar....should come out very yummy.

Posted: Tue, Jul 10 2012, 6:40 pm Post subject: re: recipe w/ overripe peaches

You can halve them and remove stones, place skin side down in an oven proof dish/pyrex, fill the "dimple" where the stones were with marzipan, pour generous splash of amaretto and broil till the marzipan bubbles and browns. Easier than crumble.