Donut peach
Prunus persica var. platycarpa · Stone fruit
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The donut peach — also called the Saturn, flat, paraguayo or UFO peach — is a peach squashed into a flying-saucer disc with a sunken dimple where the blossom end caves in. Pale yellow-white skin flushed with a soft red blush wraps sweet, low-acid white flesh that carries a faint almond-floral note, and because it is freestone the small stone pops out cleanly, making it one of the easiest peaches to eat out of hand.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
Just ripeBuy itFirm enough to slice clean and hold its shape: grilling, tarts, salads, and the best fresh-cut slices.
SkinGround turns cream to yellow
FleshGives a little at the shoulder
SmellFaint sweet note at the stem
StemCavity yellow, skin taut
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What you get from one
96%
Edible part
150 g · pit out, skin on
156 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 4× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Open, single layer
Airflow