# Does anybody cook/bake with nectarines?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 21, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-cook-bake-with-nectarines/725766 "2015-07-21T12:21:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-cook-bake-with-nectarines/725766/1 "2015-07-21T12:21:41Z")

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It is peach and nectarine season, and they are plentiful, juicy and flavorful. I’ve had peach pie, peach cobbler, peach ice cream; where is the nectarine pie? Nectarine ice cream? Is there something about nectarines that makes them unsuitable for cooking and baking?

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-cook-bake-with-nectarines/725766/2 "2015-07-21T12:25:23Z")

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A nectarine, AFAIK, is a smooth-skinned variety of peach.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-cook-bake-with-nectarines/725766/3 "2015-07-21T14:40:53Z")

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I’m making this this week. [Fried Mozzarella, Basil and Nectarine Stacks with Balsamic Glaze](http://www.halfbakedharvest.com/fried-mozzarella-basil-and-nectarine-stacks-with-balsamic-glaze/)

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-cook-bake-with-nectarines/725766/4 "2015-07-21T15:08:30Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> A nectarine, AFAIK, is a smooth-skinned variety of peach.

You’ve probably technically had nectarine pie, nectarine preserves, nectarine ice cream and the like at some point in your life, but it was just called peach-whatever, and wouldn’t be distinct in any way from the peach version, especially if the fruit had been peeled.