Plums Recipes

"Summer Time is Zwetschgenkuchen time for me. This traditional German Plum Cake will be made with Damson Plums on a yeast dough. After your first mouthful of this juicy cake you will be addicted to the wonderful flavors of plums, cinnamon, yeast dough and whipped cream. I can't wait to get the first plums (Zwetschgen) every year to make one of my favorite..."

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Ingredients: eggs, baker's yeast, milk...

"Chinese Plum Sauce Serve this with egg rolls or brush it over chicken and ribs on the grill."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, cinnamon...

"From Elizabeth Baird's Cook's Own 'Chicken' cookbook, 2006, a copy of which I received in a recent cookbook swap!"

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Ingredients: soda crackers, plum sauce...

"If you are lucky enough to find them, get your hot little hands on some Damson plums. They are small and sour when fresh, but make the absolute best plum jam in the world. I have listed two different options for amounts of sugar/water in the recipe. The lower amounts will make a soft, very tart jam. That's the way I like it. With more sugar and water..."

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Ingredients: plums, sugar, water...

"Found this on-line requested by a fellow Zarrie needed for my Lekvar (LEHK-vahr) Kugel recipe #53841( I was able to find it canned. A thick, soft spread made of fruit (usually prunes or apricots) cooked with sugar. This Hungarian specialty is used to fill a variety of pastries and cookies. Lekvar can be purchased in cans or jars in most supermarkets."

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Ingredients: lemon juice, lemon rind...

"These were a great favourite of mine as a child; after all, how often did we get to have something yummy with fruit for a main course? I make them in late summer when fresh prune plums are plentiful but they can also be made with apricots. Please note that the time required for the dough to rest is included in the cooking time."

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Ingredients: egg yolks, milk, plums...

"Bay leaves lend this spritzer a spicy fragrance that offsets the sweetness of the blueberries and plums. MAKE AHEAD: The syrup can be refrigerated for 1 week. NOTES Variation: Pour 2 tablespoons of the berry syrup into a Champagne flute and top with Champagne."

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Ingredients: club soda, dried bay leaves...

"We have an old Italian prune tree in the front yard that is usually loaded every year. We fix many of them this way, and have wonderfully sweet, spicy prunes for breakfast all year. We usually spend a whole weekend canning prunes and making apple butter. (another old tree in the yard). Any type plum would most likely work."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, tawny port...

"The sweet crunchy topping compliments the tartness of the plums. I serve this warm with vanilla ice cream."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, margarine, oats...

"This is a really great summertime dessert to serve at a dinner party."

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Ingredients: orange juice, orange zest...

"This is a perfect recipe if you're wondering what to do with all those slightly over-the-hill, bruised, juicy to bursting point plums! The best part about it is that it's a two-fer: you make one recipe and end up with two things!"

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Ingredients: raw sugar, red plums...