Freezing fresh fruit

[Paul]

I purchased a massive amount of peaches over the weekend. If I freeze them to soften them up a bit should I remove the stones first? Can the stones just be thrown into the mix when I start a batch?

Also the same question applies to plums for the pits. Would the pits affect the taste or fermentation?

Paul

[Hippie]

The pits will indeed affect the taste.

Just pull the peaches in half, pull out the stone, chunk in the freezer bag. Plums are harder. Don't cut yourself.

[lockwood1956]

What Glenvall said....

[GrillMonkey]

Peaches are quite easy to de-stone. Use a sharpe knife and cut right around the 'equator' and then twist the two halves. One half will come away to expose the stone. Then just pluck it out.

[lockwood1956]

that works fine for the larger plums, but if you are using greengages or damsons, then it becomes really hard to destone.

regards
Bob

[Zebedee]

I remember the fun I had de-stoning sloes last year

[Paul]

freezing plums

Yes, the ones I have are not much larger than cherries, but to large for a cherry pitter hand tool. I was simply smashing them in my fingers. I think I might be better off just cleaning them out once I put them in the fermenter.

Paul