Peach pastille recipes at home

Peach pastila is an oriental sweet that children and adults alike eat with pleasure. It contains the entire set of useful microelements (potassium, iron, copper) and vitamins of group B, C, P, which fresh fruit contains. There is a finished product on sale, but it contains a lot of sugar and chemical additives.

How to make peach marshmallow

Making peach pastila at home is pretty easy. This requires a small amount of ingredients. The main components include peaches and granulated sugar (natural honey). But there are other recipes as well. Additional components in them change the taste shades of sweetness.

Many mothers began to cook marshmallow with their own hands in order to treat their children with natural sweetness. Peach is one of the few fruits that does not lose its beneficial properties after heat treatment. It has a beneficial effect on the work of the cardiovascular system, increases hemoglobin, and maintains acid-base balance.

For dessert, you will need ripe, undamaged fruits. It is better to take even slightly overripe peaches. Experts do not recommend drying whole fruit without removing the seed. This is due to the fact that the peach dries for a long time. Subsequently, it is quite difficult to remove the bone from it, which will still have to be thrown away. Therefore, at the initial stage, fruit puree is prepared from peaches.

Wash peaches thoroughly. The fleecy skin does not need to be removed from the fruit. It contains most of the trace elements necessary for the body.

To bring the product to the state of puree, it is necessary to pass the pulp of the peaches through a meat grinder. The mass must be sweetened. If you wish, you can not do this, but then the pastila is inferior in quality. It becomes brittle and dry.

Where to dry peach marshmallow

There are two ways to prepare peach pastila at home. For this, experienced housewives use an electric dryer or oven. In both cases, the result exceeds all expectations.

It is more profitable to use an electric dryer. But it is not in every home, unlike the oven.

Drying peach pastilles in a dryer

In the dryer, pour the fruit mass into a special tray for marshmallows.

It is not available in all models of the device. If this is not available, then you need to follow the following instructions:

1. Line a regular pallet with a sheet of parchment paper.
2. Bend the edges of the sheet to make the sides.
3. Fasten the corners of the sides with a stapler or tape.
4. Spread the fruit mass on parchment paper in a thin layer.

There are some peculiarities in the preparation of peach marshmallows in an electric dryer:

1. The electric dryer must be set at a medium temperature (Medium) - 55 ° C in order to properly and gradually dry the product.
2. Periodically, pallets from different tiers need to be interchanged. This allows the treat to dry evenly.
3. Peach marshmallow is cooked in a dryer for 7 to 10 hours, depending on the thickness of the fruit mass.
4. The readiness of the product should be checked with your finger. As a result, the dessert should not stick, it will become soft and elastic.

Drying peach pastilles in the oven

This drying takes much less time compared to an electric dryer. Depending on the thickness of the mashed potatoes, it will take 2 to 4 hours.

There are rules that must be followed when cooking marshmallows in the oven:

1. The temperature to which the oven must be heated must be 120 ° C.
2. Be sure to cover the baking sheet with a sheet of parchment paper or a silicone mat greased with vegetable or olive oil.
3. Set the baking tray to a medium level.
4. The readiness of the product should be checked every 15 minutes. after 2 hours with a knife edge. The finished product should not stick.

The easiest peach marshmallow recipe

This recipe uses only two ingredients. You need to take:

• peaches - 3 kg;
• granulated sugar - 400 g.

Cooking method:

1. Using a meat grinder, twist the peach pulp in mashed potatoes.
2. Place the fruit mass in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
3. Put on a small fire.
4. Add granulated sugar at the beginning of the boil.
5. Stir the peach mixture periodically.
6. Remove from heat when the product thickens.
7. Prepare a baking sheet or tray, depending on how the dessert will be prepared next.
8. Using a spoon or spatula, gently spread the peach mass on the selected item and distribute evenly over the entire surface.
9. Cut the finished delicacy into pieces and put in a glass container. It will be easy to remove the paper from the finished product.

Peach candy with honey

Lovers of everything natural and healthy try to replace sugar with honey everywhere. The dessert prepared according to this recipe has its own unique aromatic shade.

Components:

• peaches - 6 pcs.;
• honey - to taste;
• citric acid - 1 pinch.

Cooking method:

1. Grind the diced peach pulp, combined with honey, into a puree using a blender or meat grinder.
2. Add citric acid to the mass.
3. Boil the mass in a saucepan with a thick bottom until thick.
4. Bring the product to readiness in the oven or electric dryer according to the previously described scheme.
5. To easily remove the paper from the sweetness, it is necessary to turn the product over and grease with water. Wait 2 minutes.
6. Remove paper from dessert. Cut into strips. Roll them up in rolls.

How to make peach marshmallow with cardamom and nutmeg

Additional ingredients will add a unique unique aroma of sweetness. Among the various combinations are cardamom and nutmeg. The finished dish will not leave indifferent any guest.

Required Ingredients:

• peaches - 1 kg;
• natural honey - 1 tbsp. l .;
• citric acid - on the tip of a knife;
• cardamom (ground) - 1 pinch;
• nutmeg (ground) - 1 pinch.

Recipe:

1. Repeat step 1 of the honey peach pastille recipe.
2. Add citric acid, ground cardamom and nutmeg.
3. The further cooking method is similar to the recipe for peach marshmallow with honey.

Apple and Peach Pastila

This marshmallow is very tasty and doubly useful due to the apple rich in microelements. Children are always delighted with this dessert.

Components:

• apples - 0.5 kg;
• peaches - 0.5 kg;
• granulated sugar - 50 g.

Method of making peach and apple pastilles:

1. Rinse the fruit thoroughly. Remove bones.
2. Cut into pieces. Prepare applesauce and peach puree in a convenient way.
3. Proceed in the same way as the simplest peach pastille recipe.

How to store peach marshmallow properly

Often, the hostess cooks a delicacy in large quantities. Thanks to this, in winter, it becomes possible to delight the whole family and guests with a natural homemade dessert. To prevent mold from appearing on the product, you must follow these rules:

1. Dry the marshmallow thoroughly using the selected method.
2. Place the finished product in a glass jar. Some housewives wrap the marshmallow in edible paper and put the dessert in the refrigerator.

Compliance with these rules will allow you to keep the product until next season.

Conclusion

Peach pastilles are a great alternative to store-bought sweets and sweets. It is rich in vitamins and useful microelements, consists only of natural products, without chemical additives and dyes. Making peach marshmallows is very easy; you can also prepare such a dessert for the winter.

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