How To Peel A Peach Perfect For Summer Desserts

How to Peel a Peach

If you have a family like mine, they request to have the peach skins removed from their peaches – every time! I personally like the skin on, but they can be a little papery and fuzzy, a different texture kids might not like. So I learned this trick long ago and it’s so simple for peeling peach skins, especially if you need to do a lot of them for jam or pies! It’s pretty much 3 steps — boil, ice, peel — that’s it!

Supplies:

peaches – any size, shape, or quantity pan of boiling water tongs or slotted spoon bowl of ice cold water

Method:

Add washed peaches to boiling water. Let them boil for at least one minute. Try not to let them cook longer or they will start to cook on the inside, we just want it to cook the skin.
Immediately after you take your peaches out of the boiling water using tongs or a spoon, dunk them into an ice water bath. Let them cool off here for another minute.
Once it’s cooled, take your peaches and start to pierce the skin with your thumb and peel the skin away. It should start to peel very easily and sometimes in one piece (I love when that happens!) It’s even easy enough for little hands to help with this process.

In just a few minutes, you’ve peeled your peaches whole. Now they’re ready for slicing and a big bowl of vanilla ice cream!