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Our Alcurnia peaches are back! These sun-ripened Murcian peaches, carefully selected and packed at peak ripeness, are huge, firm, juicy, and just the right level of sweet—sunshine in a can. Whether to serve up as a breakfast or dessert, roast or grill, bake into a cobbler, or just eat straight from the tin, it’s hard to find a better canned peach than Alcurnia.
Murcia, in southeast Spain, isn’t famous for peaches in the way Champagne is famous for bubbles. It doesn’t need to be. With more than 300 days of sunshine a year, this region quietly does the work: growing fruit that tastes like it’s actually been allowed to ripen properly. Warm days, cool nights, and growers who know exactly when not to rush the harvest. That’s where Alcurnia starts.
A family thing, scaled up
Alcurnia began as a family operation back in 1965 and still controls its fruit from orchard to tin. Today that means large-scale farms and serious agricultural know-how—but the philosophy hasn’t changed. Grow it well, handle it carefully, don’t mess with it more than necessary.
And be obsessive about quality. Alcurnia will set hundreds of peaches aside to make sure that only those perfect specimens that are ripe, fragrant, and structurally sound ever make it into a tin.
Not your childhood “canned peach”
So if your mental image of canned peaches involves syrupy sweetness and floppy texture, Alcurnia is here to blow your mind.
These peach halves are tender but still hold their shape. “Crisp” might sound like a strange word for peaches, but once you’ve used them in a fruit salad—or sliced them over yoghurt—you get it. They don’t dissolve. They behave. They’ve got a vibrant golden colour and a clean, natural peach flavour that tastes like fruit, not dessert topping.
The syrup is restrained, too. Sweet enough to support the fruit, not so sweet that it hijacks it. Which is exactly why these peaches work just as well at breakfast as they do with ice cream at midnight.
Why chefs (and trattorias) keep them around
There’s a reason Alcurnia peaches have been a staple in Mediterranean specialty shops and kitchens for decades. They’re reliable in the way good ingredients should be.
They roast beautifully. They grill without turning to jam. They’re sturdy enough for tarts, crostatas, and cobblers, but fresh-tasting enough to drop straight into a salad with soft cheese and herbs. If you run a kitchen—or just cook like someone who pretends they do—having peaches that won’t let you down matters.
The good-for-you bit
No salt. No saturated fats. No cholesterol. Gluten-free, allergen-free, and generally well-behaved on the dietary front. You also get fibre, vitamins A and C, and a decent hit of antioxidants. All good excuses for demolishing a whole can in one sitting (we know, we’ve been there).
Join the Alcurnia fan club—just do it quickly. 🍑
