Don’t Throw Out Your Thinned Peach and Nectarine Fruit

Baby peach fruit for pickling

Green almond ready for pickling or eating fresh

If you have peaches and nectarines, now is the time to start removing fruit so that the remaining fruit gets larger. Remove fruit that are gumdrop sized so that the fruit remaining on the limb is at least four inches apart. If the tree is not terribly healthy then remove more fruit than this.

If you thin your peaches or nectarines you will end up with “baby peaches” Pick early so they are no larger than a large olive, try pickling them and packing them in oil for home use just as you would olives. They do this in the Mediterranean and Middle East where some people do not let any fruit go to waste.

Baby donut peaches

You can also do this with green almonds. Harvest the almonds when they are no longer than about one inch. The seed inside should still be translucent with a white coat. If you want a recipe to try with babby

If you want a recipe to start with, I found this one on the internet in the Ligurian style.
http://www.aglaiakremezi.com/recipies/mezze-appetizers-and-salads/pickled-tsagala-green-almonds.html