The peaches have been wonderful this year. They’re sweet, succulent and overall, plain delicious! They’re like candy.
Even better, my nine month old son is in love with them. He loves peaches. And I love ANY food that he loves. I’ve learned that skill over the past few months!
With this in mind, I decided it was time to freeze some peaches. We don’t have a ton of room in our freezer, so I couldn’t freeze a flat of them or anything like that. But, there is certainly enough room for a few.
Freezing Peaches
Freezing peaches is not quite as simple as slicing them and sticking them into a bag. I’ve tried that and I found out that they just stick together in a clump or hard-to-use peach mass.
Fortunately, freezing peaches is not difficult. It takes one or two steps and you’ll have delicious fresh frozen peaches for the long peach-less months ahead.
Blanch Your Peaches
First, you need to blanch your peaches. Boil a pot of water and put your washed peaches into the boiling pot of water. I left mine in for about 90 seconds.
Cool Your Peaches
To cool them quickly, put them into an ice bath. Use tongs to transfer the peaches from boiling water to the ice bath.
Peel the Peaches
At this point, your peaches should be cool enough to handle and you can slip the skins off of them. It’s really that simple.
Slice and Tray-Freeze
Slice up your peaches and lay them on a tray. I lined my tray with parchment paper, but this is not necessary. You can put your peach slices directly on a pan if that works for you. Freeze the peaches. This should take about 3 hours. I left mine in overnight.
Bag Your Peaches
Pack your frozen peach slices into plastic bags. Make sure you label them bags! Hide them in your freezer in a place where you’ll find them with glee in the middle of winter!
October 15, 2013 at 8:51 am
Thanks for this useful tips!
too bad there aren’t many peach here 😦 it looks delicious!
October 15, 2013 at 11:32 am
My pleasure. I hope your can use these tips one day!
October 15, 2013 at 11:00 am
Haven’t tried freezing peaches, but what I do is buy the canned variety and pour them (with the syrup) into a bowl and let it all chill in the fridge because I love eating them cold 🙂
October 15, 2013 at 11:31 am
Sounds delicious!
October 15, 2013 at 2:12 pm
peache is one of my fav fruit… great tip. will give it a try
October 15, 2013 at 2:30 pm
They are one of my favorites too!
October 15, 2013 at 6:03 pm
I love going to the farmers market and preparing my fruits and veggies for the week. Great tips!
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October 15, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Ah yes – that’s the best way to do it!
October 15, 2013 at 9:42 pm
i want some!
October 15, 2013 at 10:25 pm
🙂
October 15, 2013 at 11:51 pm
can you do the same with apples? 😀
October 15, 2013 at 11:54 pm
I’ve always made apple sauce with extra apples. I haven’t tried freezing them this way.
October 16, 2013 at 2:30 am
wooaaaahh, it look so yummy *drooling*
can we do something like this with different fruits, like manggo or pear?
October 16, 2013 at 8:25 am
I definitely think it would work with mangos. I think pears have too much water in then for this technique. You could always make a p ear sauce or a pear- apple sauce.
October 16, 2013 at 6:32 am
Ooooh! I’ve never tried a peace before! I don’t think we get them in India. And even if we do, they cost a ton! sigh!
October 16, 2013 at 8:26 am
I’m sure you’ll get the chance one day. In the meantime, you’ve got great fruits there that we don’t get here.
October 16, 2013 at 6:40 am
wow!!great tip! i love peaches too! ♥
October 16, 2013 at 8:26 am
🙂
October 16, 2013 at 8:34 am
Thanks to you because you gave me such a simply recipe to do this weekend xD
neni ❤ (>ω<*)ノ
October 16, 2013 at 9:16 am
I hope you enjoy it!
October 16, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Thank you so much for these tips, Alia! The town where I live is actually known for its peaches and strawberries, so we still have some peaches left this time of year, but they are going fast. I never really knew how to appropriately freeze them, so these tips are much appreciated.
October 16, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Lucky you! The peaches are all done here. I hope you can freeze some for the winter months.
October 17, 2013 at 1:12 am
Ooooh, then do you consume them directly once taken out from the freezer? Or do you bake them etc?
October 17, 2013 at 11:17 am
LOL! I have a feeling that all I’ll have the patience for is to let them defrost a little bit before I devour them! They’d also be great in a smoothie.
October 17, 2013 at 8:35 am
Lovely! I feel like I am learning something new from your blog! Sure it´s nice to have something sweet in store, when the cold winds and snowy months arrives.
October 17, 2013 at 11:18 am
It sure is!
October 17, 2013 at 8:38 am
They sure do look delicious Alia .. I’d love to try these but we don’t get fresh Peaches here (
xx Chaicy – Style..A Pastiche!
GIG
October 17, 2013 at 11:18 am
Thank you! I hope you get to try them some day!
October 17, 2013 at 9:22 am
my favourite fruit! peaches! but they don’t really have fresh peaches here, i mostly them canned ones 😦
October 17, 2013 at 11:18 am
The canned ones aren’t so bad!
October 17, 2013 at 12:11 pm
What a great idea! I always eat them canned ^^ with cream! 😀
xoxo
Novelstyle
October 17, 2013 at 1:13 pm
Yum, that sounds delicious!
October 18, 2013 at 2:31 am
We love peaches too, but we turn them into a jam 🙂
October 18, 2013 at 11:08 am
That sounds yummy!
October 18, 2013 at 3:21 am
This looks good. Too bad we only have the canned ones here 😦
October 18, 2013 at 11:09 am
Well, art least the canned ones are better than nothing at all. 🙂
October 18, 2013 at 5:15 pm
Thanks for the tips! I love peaches, so I definitely need to try that. 🙂
October 18, 2013 at 6:20 pm
Oh yummy, will be picking them up at the market this weekend hehe x
October 19, 2013 at 8:25 am
Enjoy them!
October 18, 2013 at 11:03 pm
Never tried yet this fruit. I don’t know if this is available here in the Philippines. But this makes my saliva drools! LOL!
October 19, 2013 at 8:26 am
I hope you can try them one day!
October 19, 2013 at 8:47 am
I love this idea! I live alone so I save alllll my fruit by freezing it before it can go bad, this is a great new way to try out! ❤
October 19, 2013 at 9:05 am
Definitely! This is a great way to save your fruit before it spoils!
October 20, 2013 at 6:27 am
That thing looks delicious! But I think I never saw any peachy here in the Phils! Too bad!
October 20, 2013 at 8:21 am
Awww, too bad. I hope you can try a peach one day!
October 20, 2013 at 11:48 am
yummy! 😀 definitely trying this x
October 20, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Awesome!
October 20, 2013 at 2:05 pm
Haha definitely, I love saving in-season fruit for off-seasons 🙂 Thanks for the tips!
October 20, 2013 at 2:42 pm
It always feels like such an indulgence to have dinner fruit in the winter!
October 20, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Omg!!! I love peaches…. I so am going to try this out. Thanks for sharing 🙂 x
October 20, 2013 at 2:41 pm
My pleasure! Enjoy!
October 20, 2013 at 4:05 pm
really want some peaches right now. never thought of freezing fruit myself! great tip 🙂
October 20, 2013 at 6:37 pm
I hope you do it!
October 20, 2013 at 8:59 pm
I haven’t tried doing this. Thank you! Those peaches look yummy!
October 20, 2013 at 9:07 pm
Enjoy and thank you!
October 21, 2013 at 12:19 am
great alternative for snacking! they are delicious, healthy and so simple to make 😀
October 21, 2013 at 7:40 am
I agree!
October 21, 2013 at 12:41 am
Look so yummy! But it’s so hard to get peaches in Singapore.
October 21, 2013 at 7:43 am
Fair enough. Fortunately, you get some other pretty good fruits all year round in Singapore!
October 21, 2013 at 3:54 am
i love peaches. I should have read this before because we can’t find peaches in the supermarket anymore in this time of the year.
xxx
mari
October 21, 2013 at 7:42 am
Hopefully you can try it out next year!
October 21, 2013 at 7:43 am
I’ll do. thanks dear…xxx
October 21, 2013 at 4:21 am
These look so yummy! I never knew you could freeze peaches! Toni xxx
October 21, 2013 at 7:41 am
It’s worth the effort to have peaches in the off season
October 21, 2013 at 8:57 am
I love peaches!! And thanks for the tips :p
October 21, 2013 at 11:16 am
You’re welcome!
October 21, 2013 at 12:07 pm
I love peaches, come to think of it, I haven’t eaten one in a while. I should buy some soon.
October 21, 2013 at 12:16 pm
I hope you do!
October 21, 2013 at 3:24 pm
alia, this is great! i just but a whole bunch of peaches that i just realized we probably wont b able to finish before they go bad!! so i will be putting this post to practice!!
October 21, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Perfect! You’ll end up with a great treat when they are no peaches to be had!
October 21, 2013 at 5:39 pm
Great tips! I’ve never freezed fruits before, but I’ll definitely give this a try. I love peaches.
October 21, 2013 at 5:47 pm
They are great, aren’t they?