Very ripe peaches! What do i make so they don't go to waste? Recipes please...

[Chattyhan]

I was thinking maybe a peach crumble? Does anyone have a recipe?

Don't know any recipes so don't know how helpful this is, but basically I would cut off the flesh, dice small and have it with peach yoghurt over muesli for my breakfast

If nothing else, peach smoothies.

Chop and freeze; then add to juice (eg apple, orange, or even lemonade) and yoghurt (or creme fraiche, or cream), and whizz up in the blender.

Include any suitable fruit.

Thanks i might do that with one! Now for the rest... If i do a crumble topping what do i add to the sliced peaches?

crumble topping is usually flour, butter and oats rubbed together until mixture resembles bread crumbs

Normally, if you make an apple crumble, you add a bit of sugar. With peaches, they should be sweet enough, so basically add nothing

Peach Chutney
chop up peaches, onions, garlic, chillies and some raisins. throw the lot into a pot with spices vinegar and sugar and boil up for about 20 minutes. It will keep in the fridge for about 3 weeks or you could put it into steralised preserving jars.

I was going to say smoothie too

whizz them up in apple juice with bananas

do you have an ice-cream maker there is this

or puree them, freeze them, and tip them on top of ice-cream when you want to stick kids in front of bowl of sugary goo with extra fruit on

Thanks scienceteacher i'm going to experiment! Now i wish i had more peaches with all these lovely ideas!

Sod the kids! i'm 36 wks pregnant and DS isn't getting a look in

Are they very very soft? I made some gorgeous poached peaches in sweet white wine, honey and vanilla the other day - they were to die for Need to be a little bit firmer though - not mushy.

We are going through a bit of a smoothie phase atm. I have several containers of smoothie fruits in the freezer - batches of bananas, berries, peaches, plums - in the freezer. When it comes time to make a smoothie, we take a box out of the freezer, and then add to the liquid (juice or lemonade, plus yoghurt and a bit of sugar or honey), and whizz it up in the blender.

We've got to the stage of making the smoothies, and are working on the cleaning up

Peach and Banana crumnle is good.

This is nice:

Peach and Raspberry slice
Taken from Bill Granger, ?Everyday?, page 51. Published byMurdoch Books, 2006.

185g (6.5 oz or 1.5 cups) plain (all purpose flour)
1.5 teaspons baking powder, plus an extra 0.5 teaspoon extra
125g (4.5oz) butter, chilled and diced
115g (4oz or 0.5 cup) soft brown sugar
115g (4oz or 0.5 cup) caster (superfine) sugar
3 ripe peaches, peeled and sliced into wedges
90g (3.25 oz or 0.75 cup) raspberries - fresh or frozen
2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
1 egg, lightly beaten
185ml (6fl oz or 0.75 cup) milk

Preheat the oven to 180C (350F/Gas 4). Grease and line the base of a 20×30cm (8×12in) baking tray. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and then rub in the butter with your fingertips. Stir in both the sugars. Press half the mixture over the base of the tin. Lay the peaches over the top and sprinkle with raspberries.

Add the vanilla extract, extra baking powder, egg and milk to the rest of the base mixture and stir well - don?t worry too much about lumps. Pour evenly over the top of the peaches and raspberries and bake for 1 hour. Cool in the tray and then cut into squares to serve.

Puree them and add them to champagne/sparkling wine - sorry just remembering something I did one Christmas although with tinned peaches. Much nicer with fresh I expect

Blend them up and mix with a banana, some yogurt and a bit of milk. Freeze in lolly moulds.

Butter a baking dish, make a caramel sauce, spread over bottom of dish, slice the peaches up and layer them on top in a pretty pattern then make a sponge mix and put that on top. Bake in oven for about 20mins and you will have a gorgeous upside down pudding. It's lovely, could find the actual recipe if you need it.

Bellini. Champagne + peach juice. yumyum.

Bellini - that was what I made! Thanks for reminding me of the name JulesJules

do normal apple crumble but use half apple half peaches - is wonderful.

Or cut ih half and bake in low oven with an amaretti biscuit where the stone was.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone - unfortunately the champagne ideas out as i'm pregnant but i'll remember for next time!

peach,pear & mint smoothie....heavenly

blitz 4 ice cubes,2 pears,2 peaches,dollop of yoghurt,& mint sprig & tsp honey......heaven in a glass...

makes lovely lollies if there's any left

Oh dear.