Eat a Peach...........

It's fresh peach season again.  One of my favorite fruits and I'll bet you love them too!  They come from all over the country right now.  Folks around here get pretty excited about the arrival of a load of peaches from Colorado.  The ones from Oregon and Washington state are similar.  My all time pick are the O-Henry's from Idaho.  They are the complete deal.  Nice texture, freestone, sweet and keep fairly well.  I get them from the East Side Market in Manhattan. They are the last peach to come in and usually show up the mid part of Sept.  Keep your eyes open for them other places as well. 

A couple of years ago, I tried something that I had seen in a magazine somewhere.  It turned out so well that I want to share it with you. 

My purchase was a full lug of peaches but this can be scaled up or down.  I bought a stack of plastic freezer containers with screw on lids.  Some quarts and some pints.  I blanched my peaches, pulled the skins off and sliced them into a big bowl.  Next I poured a large can of unsweetened pineapple juice over them and gave it all a big stir. You want the juice/fruit ratio to be about equal.  We do not want the peaches swimming in pineapple juice. Notice that I did not use any sugar on this.  I ladled the peach mix into the freezer containers, screwed the top on and froze. 

The really yummy way to eat this is to set one of these frozen boxes in the fridge a few hours before serving time.  When you pull it out, you have a heavenly slush!  It beats any frozen desert that we have around here!  The added bonus is that it is healthy....... If you are in the mood for ice cream, try spooning some of this defrosted peach goo over the top of a bowl of vanilla.  OMG!