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Humanity is gifted with wonderful fruits. Peaches have a pleasant aroma and delicate taste. They give strength and good mood, help to gain good health and immunity. It is not at all difficult to harvest peaches for the winter; recipes for canning ripe and unripe fruits are discussed below.
What can be made from peaches
Ripe fruits are rich in potassium, sugars, organic acids, vitamins and microelements. They are often harvested for the winter and are recommended for many diseases:
- anemia;
- gout;
- atherosclerosis;
- diseases of the liver, kidneys;
- poor appetite;
- a weakened body;
- poor digestion.
All varieties are divided into 2 types: with an easy and hard-to-separate bone. The first ones have a looser consistency and begin to boil down already at the sterilization stage. Therefore, the second type is more suitable for canning for the winter. It has a tighter flesh and retains its shape better during cooking. Peaches for the winter can be preserved in a variety of ways:
- in wine;
- in apple juice;
- in syrup;
- in jelly;
- in its own juice;
- in the form of jam;
- jam;
- jam;
- confiture;
- compote;
- chutney;
- mashed potatoes;
- juice.
Peaches spoil very quickly, therefore, shortly before ripening, they begin to be watered with various chemicals. By the time they reach the markets and supermarkets, the fruits are already oversaturated with pesticides. Most of the harmful substances are concentrated on the skin, getting stuck between the villi. Children who tend to neglect hygiene and eat unwashed peaches are more likely to get poisoned during the ripening season.
Before you buy peaches for harvesting for the winter, you need to breathe in their aroma. Grown with a lot of pesticides, they will not have a rich natural odor. Accordingly, the taste will be neutral, fake. If there are cracks or cuts on the surface, this is very bad. Bacteria settle in them, which feed on peach juice and actively multiply.
How to roll peaches whole for the winter
Golden recipes for blanks of peaches for the winter necessarily include a preliminary stage, without which you cannot move on. First, you need to sort them out, remove the rotten ones with specks. The preserved bone gives a pleasant aftertaste to the twist for the winter.
They are completely closed in syrup, which can be of different concentrations, stronger or weaker. Housewives like to harvest whole peaches for the winter in the form of compote. It turns out to be very tasty and aromatic, has an attractive appearance and excellent taste. For compote, peaches should be ripe, but firm.
It is worth washing them just before putting them in jars, which should already be clean, sterilized. Do this carefully, since the entire surface is covered with villi and many bacteria accumulate on the skin. The risk of contracting various types of infection increases.
Also, pollen accumulates among the villi, which can lead to allergic reactions. Therefore, it is necessary to wash properly. To begin with, soak for 5 minutes in cold water, and then hold for a long time under a running stream. After 5 minutes, the hairs are soaked and easily removed.
What can be made from unripe peaches
Peach blanks for the winter can be made from green fruits. This makes a great jam. The pulp is firm and the fruit pieces retain their original shape well during the canning process. To prepare green peaches for the winter, they are finely chopped. The peel is not peeled, since it is very difficult to remove it from unripe fruits. You can use a special vegetable cleaner.
To prevent peeled peaches from darkening, they must be immersed in cold water with citric acid (1 l / 1 tsp.) For a few minutes. Fruits with a firm consistency, which do not have enough juice in themselves, are cooked for the winter with preliminary blanching. That is, it is poured with boiling water for several minutes, and then immediately immersed in a container of cold water.
What to cook for the winter from overripe peaches
To cook overripe peaches for the winter, you need to free them from the seeds, grind them with a blender. Add sugar to taste and mix again into a thick, homogeneous mass. Pour into plastic cups and freeze. They will be as fresh, with a rich taste and aroma. Overripe peaches are good for making preserves for the winter with a liquid consistency. You can make jam, jam, jelly from them.
Overripe peaches can be juiced and preserved for the winter. Pass the pulp through a juicer, boil. The remaining pomace can be used to make jam. Peach juice is good for those looking to lose weight. It is filling, nutritious, but low in calories. In winter, it will give the taste and aroma of summer, give the body the necessary charge of vivacity and energy.
Overripe peaches are used to prepare chutneys for the winter. This is a spicy-sweet fruit or vegetable sauce, served with meat, fish, and other dishes. It has a puree consistency that is easier to get from soft, juicy fruits. The pulp is also added to ketchups and other sauces harvested for the winter.
How to store peaches at home
When choosing peaches, you need to pay attention to the following points. The pulp should be firm, but not firm, as in this case the taste will be sour. Too soft, already overripe, they begin to lose their beneficial properties, pleasant freshness. They also should not be bought, they can be stored for no more than one day.
How many peaches are stored
Ripe, quality peaches can sit at room temperature for several days. To extend this period, they must be transferred to the refrigerator in the compartment for storing vegetables and fruits. It is best to put them in paper bags, so they can lie for a week or more. Store slightly unripe peaches at room temperature. Place them in a separate corner in the kitchen, let them lie down for a while. After a few days, the fruit will become rosy, sweet.
There is another very interesting way to keep peaches fresh. Take clean dry fruits, carefully fold into a sterilized jar for 2/3 of the volume. Put a small candle on top and light it. It should burn for 8-10 minutes so that all the oxygen at the bottom of the can burns out. Then screw the lid back on, but so that the fire does not go out.
The flame will keep on for about 30 seconds, then it will go out. This will indicate that there is no oxygen in the jar. This is the whole point of seaming with a candle. In an oxygen-free environment, microorganisms multiply more slowly. This is the basis of the principle of containers for long-term storage of products from which air is pumped out, as well as the mechanism of vacuum packaging.
Can peaches be kept in the refrigerator
Fruit stored in a cold place will last much longer.If there are not enough shelves in the refrigerator, the rest of the crop can be placed in the basement, pantry, or any other cold room. Wrap each fruit in paper, put at a short distance from other fruits so that there are no points of contact. The storage temperature of peaches should be from 0 degrees and above. The higher the indicator, the less they will lie.
Fruits should not be put in plastic bags, high humidity is harmful to them. They must breathe, otherwise water condensation accumulated on the inner walls will cause rotting. The temperature in the refrigerator should not be higher than +5, otherwise bacteria may multiply. In this case, the shelf life of peaches will be significantly reduced.
How to store peaches so they ripen
The fruits should not be crumpled, beaten or squeezed with your fingers. You need to handle them gently, delicately, take with two fingers, while not squeezing the pulp. Lay on a hard surface gently, taking care not to injure the top layer of the fetus. From a small dent, the process of fruit decay develops very quickly, which spoils literally in a matter of hours.
Peaches like to ripen with other fruits. All fruits emit ethylene, a ripening gas. Especially a lot of ethylene is released in apples. But pears, melons, bananas, apricots also "sin" with this. Ethylene, when used correctly, can do a good job of speeding up the ripening of unripe fruits, for example by placing them next to apples.
Ripe fruits, on the other hand, should be kept away from ethylene-producing foods. It should be borne in mind that ethylene comes out faster from the damaged fetus. One cracked peach can cause all others to overripe and rot.
How to keep peaches on the road
In order to keep peaches longer on the road, you need to take them with you in a clean and dry form. These fruits are easily injured, so they must be placed in a food container, closed with a lid and so transported. These are not very convenient storage conditions, so the fruits should be consumed as soon as possible.
If there is a need to transport fruit over a long distance, it is best to use small baskets, light wooden crates with slots, cardboard boxes with holes. The fruits must be taken unripe. So there are more chances to take them safe and sound. Wrap each of them separately in a piece of newsprint.
What can be made from peaches for the winter in a slow cooker
It is very convenient to make jam in a multicooker. You can make it in pieces in syrup or in the form of jam, jam. In the first case, the fruits must be taken dense so that they do not boil over and keep their shape, they turn out in the form of transparent candied candied fruits floating in a sweet thick syrup. In other cases, you can take overripe fruits, they will make a thick sweet jam or jelly.
Cooking peach jam in a slow cooker is much more convenient than in the usual way. The syrup does not burn, does not run away. While the jam is cooking, you can switch to other work, for example, sterilize the jars. At the end of cooking, just rinse the bowl with water. Many peach recipes can be cooked in a multicooker.
Can peaches be grated with sugar
You can close peaches for the winter not only in the form of jam, but also fresh, rubbing them with sugar.
How to peel peaches
Not everyone likes the velvety skin of the fruit. The skin must be removed when you plan to make a beautiful jam or compote. Not only the appearance of the finished product is improved, but also its taste becomes more delicate and soft. Young children cannot chew on the tough skin, so blanching fruit becomes a habit for mom.
Hard, unripe fruit is best removed with a peeler. If the fruits are ripe, you need to make a cross-shaped incision on them, lower them in boiling water for 30-40 seconds, and then immediately into ice water. Pry the skin slightly with a knife and remove it.
Pounded peaches with sugar for the winter without cooking
To drink tea with fragrant fruit jam during the cold season, you should use the recipe for "raw" preparation. Fresh peaches for the winter are harvested using a blender and without boiling.
Ingredients:
- peaches - 1 kg;
- sugar - 1 kg.
Choose ripe, juicy fruits. Wash, blanch and remove the skin for a softer taste of the fruit mass. Pass through a meat grinder or immerse in a blender, grind until smooth. Add granulated sugar, stir everything well. Arrange in sterilized jars with sealed lids. Store in the refrigerator.
Shredded peaches and oranges recipe
Twist several types of fruits on a blender into one mass, the main of which will be peaches. So, you will need:
- peaches - 3 kg;
- oranges - 4 pcs.;
- lemons - 2 pcs.;
- sugar - 5 kg.
Peaches and lemons, oranges, peel and peel. The output should be about 7 liters of jam. This type of workpieces is usually not boiled, therefore, under normal conditions, it can quickly become moldy. Fruit ground with sugar is best kept in the refrigerator.
Honey Peach Recipe
Wash and peel fruits. Remove the bones and remove the nucleoli from them, remove the skin. Boil the syrup from sugar, honey, water and chill. Then pour them the fruits, packed in liter jars. Put 2-3 nucleoli in each container, add ¼ glass of rum. Close the jars and sterilize for 10 minutes, the peaches in honey are ready.
How to store peach blanks
Fruits for the winter can be harvested in a variety of ways: canning, boiling, drying, making candied fruits. Jams, compotes, juices, pickled peaches are best kept in a cool dry place, such as a basement. Freezing is desirable in modern freezers equipped with a no frost system.
Conclusion
Peaches for the winter, the recipes of which have been considered, will give the aroma and taste of summer in the cold season. The compositions nourish the body with microelements, vitamins, diversify the menu and reward you with many pleasant experiences.
