hi I'm Christine from the fresh team and I'm here today with a few tips on how to stone peel and poach stone fruit to remove the stone from the fruit you'll need a small sharp knife run it along the seam and around the stone then hold the fruit in both hands and twist to separate the harms use a teaspoon to gently scoop out the stone if it doesn't remove easily carefully cut around the stone gently lift out the stone and discard to peel stone fruit bring a pot of water to the boil cut a small cross at the base of the stone fruit with a sharp knife blanch the fruit in the boiling water for 30 seconds scoop the fruit out with a slotted spoon and transfer to a bowl of iced water for 30 seconds to cool use a knife to gently peel the skin away from the fruit to poach I'm going to make a simple vanilla syrup place 6 cups of water 2 cups of sugar and a split vanilla pod in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved increase the heat and simmer for 5 minutes add 4 peeled fruit to the pot poach for 15 to 20 minutes or until fruit is tender another great food idea from Australia's fresh food people