Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon pickling spice
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 5 cups water
- 2 1/2 cups white wine vinegar
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 6 firm but ripe peaches, quartered and pitted, with skins (about 2 1/4 pounds)
Directions
Toast pickling spice and crushed red pepper in a dry medium saucepan over high heat until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add water, vinegar, sugar, and salt and bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add peaches and simmer just until tender, about 20 minutes. Remove peaches from liquid with a slotted spoon, reserving liquid, and set aside just until fruit is cool enough to touch.
Pinch the skin from peaches-if the skin pulls off easily-and discard. (If the skins cling, don't fret-the peaches will be beautiful and tasty that way as well.) Transfer peaches to a sealed container, cover with the reserved liquid, and refrigerate for at least 24 hours. The peaches will keep for 1 week tightly sealed in the refrigerator.
Yield: 2 quarts
Notes
Pickled Peaches are a great sweet-and-sour accompaniment to grilled pork and poultry dishes. They'd also be great as part of a Southern-style brunch or lunch.
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