Fermented Peaches and Honey

Fermented Peaches and Honey contains some of the best flavors summer can bring.  This recipe also contains purple basil, which adds even more flavor to this already awesome ferment!  It is perfect strained and eaten as a side salad dish, blended into a rub for corn on the cob, or used as other dishes.

Recipe makes 1 pint.

Ingredients for Fermented Peaches and Honey:

• 2 cups of chopped peaches.
• 1 cup of loosely packed purple basil.
• 1 tablespoon of Celtic Sea Salt (or other premium brand).
• 1 tablespoon of honey.

Directions for Fermented Peaches and Honey:

1. Chop your peaches into bite-sized chunks.  Remove the stems from the basil leaves.  Mix all your peaches, basil, and honey together and add them to the jar, tamping lightly until the mixture is about 2 inches from the jar lip.
2. Make a salt water brine solution. To do this, dissolve salt in filtered water at a ratio of 1 tablespoon of salt to 2 cups of water for this 1-pint batch.
3. Fill your jar with this brine solution until about 1 inch from the jar lip.
4. Use some sort of weighty object to hold the Peaches and Honey under the brine solution. Be sure to place the jar in your sink as you do this as there is sure to be spillage. We sell our brine overflow cup as a weight here: Brine “Catch” Cup – Wide Mouth
5. Remove the cup and wipe off any debris on the lip of the cup and the jar, then put the cup back in. Install a Lid Gasket inside a Wide Mouth Fermenter Lid. Tighten the lid until snug.
6. Add tap water to a ClearView Airlock to the max line. Now gently insert the airlock into the hole of the fermenter lid until snug. Make sure not to push too deeply into the lid. As the fermentation happens, the water should move back and forth, and bubbles should move through the airlock, this is correct and indicates a tight seal.
7. Write down the date you began fermentation on the lid using a Lid Marking Pen. After 4 days, check to see if the Peaches and Honey are sour enough for you. If they are not, just add a day and re-check.
8. After fermentation is complete, remove the fermenter lid, cup, and airlock and replace with a Storage Lid. Place the Peaches and Honey in the refrigerator for storage.

For even better and more delectable recipes, check out our Fermentation Recipe Booklet, where you will find many recipes, tips and tricks to brine pickling, and so much more!