Name: Simple Macerated Peaches Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 1 pound Fresh Peaches, (peeled and sliced); 2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar; Juice from ½ a Fresh Lime

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Juicy, sweet Macerated Peaches are made with just 3 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time. It’s a simple, fuss-free way to prepare and elevate fresh fruit to top shortcake, ice cream, cheesecake, or eat as is.

Macerated Peaches with a large silver serving spoon in a white serving bowl. While and halved peaches and half a lime are around the bowl.

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There’s nothing better than fresh summer peaches at their prime. They’re sweet, soft, juicy, and just perfect.

August is peek peach season here in New England so this is the time of year when I stock up on them to bake all the peach desserts and breads like Gluten Free Peach Cobbler, Gluten Free Peach Shortcake, and Blackberry Peach Bread from The Gluten Free Quick Breads Cookbook.

When you macerate peaches, the sugar helps pull the juices from the fruit. It creates a sweet, syrupy juice that slightly softens the peaches. Whatever dessert you’re serving these peaches with, make sure you drizzle that peach syrup on top!

a white bowl of macerated peaches with a large silver serving spoon.

Macerated Peach Ingredients

Peaches – fresh, ripe peaches are the only kind of peach to use here. You just won’t get the same results with frozen peaches.
Sugar – I use granulated sugar but caster sugar would also work great. Caster sugar is finer than granulated sugar but not as fine as powdered sugar.
Lime Juice – this is optional but highly recommended. The lime juice helps keep the peaches from browning too quickly and the acid also helps to balance the sweetness. It’s a combo I use in my Peach Daiquiri recipe.

Sliced peaches in a white bowl, sugar in a small white bowl, and a lime are set out to make macerated peaches.

How to Macerate Peaches (Visual Instructions)

sliced peaches in a white bowl with granulated sugar and lime juice to make macerated peaches — **Add the peaches, sugar, and lime juice to a mixing bowl.**

sliced peaches in a white bowl with granulated sugar and lime juice to make macerated peaches. A hand is holding a silver serving spoon to stir the peaches and sugar together. — **Add the peaches, sugar, and lime juice to a mixing bowl.**

Tips

Use fresh, ripe peaches. Underripe peaches will not peel well and won’t be soft and sweet.
Don’t use mealy peaches – the texture will be very unappealing. Keep your peaches at room temperature until they’re ripe to prevent mealy peaches.
- Mealy peaches occur when unripe peaches are refrigerated and then brought to room temperature to ripen.

a silver spoon with peach slice and juice held over a white bowl full of macerated peaches

Simple Macerated Peaches Recipe

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Macerated Peaches are made with just 3 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time. It’s a simple, fuss-free way to prepare and elevate fresh fruit to top shortcake, ice cream, cheesecake, or eat as is.

Prep Time: 10

Total Time: 1 10

Servings: 4

By: Sharon Lachendro

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Ingredients

1 pound Fresh Peaches, peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
Juice from ½ a Fresh Lime

Instructions

Add the peaches, sugar, and lime juice to a mixing bowl.
Stir to combine, coating the peaches in the sugar and lime juice.
Let the peaches sit at room temperature, stirring occasionally, for at least an hour before serving.