Juicy Plums: Eight Lovely Dishes To Make With Plums

Spiced Cream and Plum Verrines

Dripping juicy, sweet and black, red and purple, small and fragrant — plums are one of our favorite things about late summer. They're cheap and sweet, and they're wonderful to eat out of hand. But they also have real potential in the kitchen. Here are a few favorites from the archives, plus some resources on plums themselves.

TOP ROW
• 1 Spiced Cream and Plum Verrines - Pudding layered in a glass with Plum and Earl Grey Preserves.
• 2 Plum Caipirinha - A recommendation for a fresh fruity cocktail.
• 3 End of Summer Prune Plum Pie - A classic, and a favorite, made with tiny prune plums.
• 4 Poached Whole Plums with Brown Sugar Syrup - Simple and sweet.
• 5 Plum Coffeecake with Cinnamon Streusel - Great for breakfast or dessert.

BOTTOM ROW
• 6 Prune Plum Crostata with Brown Sugar Topping - Another great prune plum recipe.
• 7 Peach, Plum, and Ginger Jam - Plums are great paired with another summer fruit.
• 8 Plum and Fig Flognarde - A non-cherry clafoutis with autumn fruit.

More about plums:
• In Season: Italian Prune Plums
• Good Question: What Is a Sugarplum?

What's your favorite plum recipe?

Comments (6)

I love this Catalonian Pork Chops with Plums recipe: http://www.clovesandcream.com/2009/05/catalonian-pork-chops-plums.html. Cinnamon, red wine reduction & plums give the chops a rich, spicy body. Added bonus: it takes less than 30 minutes kitchen to table!

posted by cloves and cream on September 14th 2009 at 4:40pm
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I recently did a plum tart tatin with creme fraiche, it was one of the best desserts I've ever had, you can find it here: http://paintedpeach.blogspot.com/2009/06/very-plum-plum.html

posted by Elissa-D on September 14th 2009 at 5:30pm
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I'm fond of mixing tart plums with creamy custard in a plum custard tart:

http://mostlyfoodstuffs.blogspot.com/2009/09/plum-custart-tart.html

It's almost too pretty to eat.

posted by deensiebat on September 14th 2009 at 6:33pm
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How about something savory? Combine plums and Gorgonzola to make pizza?? It might sound a bit odd, but trust me, it's great.

posted by orchidgirl1979 on September 14th 2009 at 7:33pm
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I made the granita version of this plum sorbet, and I ain't a star in the kitchen, but it was amazing.

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/08/in-the-kitchen-with-kristin-silverman.html

Also, I subsituted Pimms for the marsala. So good.

posted by debzeppelin on September 14th 2009 at 10:31pm
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Just drop a spoonful of good plain yogurt over a sliced plum and drizzle the whole thing with balsamic vinegar. Viola.

Add some freshly-ground black pepper if you're feeling frisky. It's spectacular.

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posted by eprewitt on September 15th 2009 at 2:29pm
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