#damson plum

[summerswages]

blue damson plum . . .

planted by the spirit elk some years ago . . .

[katiajewelbox]

Discover the delicious Damson Plum ( Prunus domestica subsp. insititia), an ancient fruit with health benefits confirmed by modern science! 

The Damson is a type of plum that is the domesticated version of the wild hedgerow Sloe or Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). The Sloe is the same wild fruit used in Sloe Gin in the UK. The Romans brought damsons to the British Isles from the eastern Mediterranean, and the name comes from the ancient city of “Damascus”. The Damson is dusty blue-black on the outside and yellowish green inside, but when cooked into jam the combined skins and flesh produce a wine red colour. The Damson should be recognised as a “super fruit” because it contains high levels of healthy dietary fibre, vitamin C, and anthocyanins. Damsons also pack a combination of phosphorus, manganese, copper, and iron that strength bones and help prevent osteoporosis. 

The richly flavoured fruits are delicious eaten straight from the tree in September or preserved as jam. Here’s a serving suggestion - homemade bread with peanut butter and damson jam as a simple and healthy sweet treat.

[askwhatsforlunch]

Pistachio and Honey Plums

There are still a few plums on the tree, and some fallen softly in the Veg Patch every morning. Birds will have picked at many, but there are others left untouched, hidden by beetroot leaves. I gather them, leaving the ones the birds have nibbled out for the bees and wasps (I hold no grudge) to feast on. And I cook a simple feast, fit for humans. They don’t need much, they are gorgeously ripe and sweet from the Summer sun. Simple Pistachio and Honey Plums, a delicious harvest treat! Happy Saturday!

Ingredients (serves 2):

1/4 cup shelled pistachios

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

a dozen ripe Damson plums, rinsed

1 tablespoon fragrant pure honey (like lavender or heather)

In a large skillet over a high flame, toast pistachios until just browned and fragrant, a few minutes. Transfer to a plate set aside.

Return the skillet over medium-high heat, and add butter.

Halve and pit Damson plums. 

When the butter is just foaming, add Damson plums, and sauté, to coat in butter. Cook, a couple of minutes.

Roughly chop pistachios.

Once the plums are browning on the flesh side and becoming darker on the skin side, stir in two-thirds of the chopped pistachios. Cook, shaking the skillet, a couple of minutes more.

Drizzle generously with honey. Cook, another minute.

Serve Pistachio and Honey Plums hot, sprinkled with remaining chopped pistachios, on their own or generously topping thick yoghurt.

[schmergo]

I got this absolutely 🔥🔥🔥💯 homemade damson plum jam from a gift shop in Staunton. I want to eat it all the time, but don't know whaaat to put it on besides buttered toast, cheese and crackers, or bagel and cream cheese. Anyone have a creative and delicious use for damson plum jam? (Also, if you haven't tried it, it's DELICIOUS, but a little too tart for peanut butter.)

[askwhatsforlunch]

Ginger-Plum Jam

It’s not even mid-September yet, and here’s another plum jam recipe. We’ve harvested so many fruits this year, it’s becoming hard to think of new things to do with them; but this Ginger-Plum Jam is something you want to try if you too have a generous plum tree. The kick of ginger is perfectly balanced with the suaveness of vanilla. This recipe makes at leat seve jars, so you can even share the goodness... or not!

Ingredients (makes 7 jars):

4.5 pounds Damson plums, rinsed

1 (3-ounce) piece fresh ginger

1 1/2 plump vanilla bean, split lengthwise

the juice of a large lemon

7 cups granulated sugar

Halve and pit Damson plums, and place plum halves in a large pot. Peel ginger and grate it into the pot. Scrape seeds off vanilla beans, and stir both seeds and pods into the pot as well. Finally, stir in lemon juice and 3 cups of the sugar. Give a good stir until sugar begins dissolving. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, sterilize jars and lids in a large pot of boiling water.

When mixture comes to a rapid boil, gradually stir in remaining sugar, and cook, about 30 minutes, until jam thickens slightly and takes a dark red hue.

Dry jars and lids completely and pour hot jam into jars. Seal with lids and let cool completely on the kitchen counter, about an hour.

Store sealed, unopened Ginger-Plum Jam in a dry, cool place.

Once opened, you can keep Ginger-Plum Jam in the refrigerator within a month, if it lasts that long!

[onlyonce-youlive]

Side Dish Recipe

The Damson plum makes a tart, flavorful, soft-setting jam that is a rich, deep wine-colored spread for cookies, waffles, bread, or anything else, really. Cardamom adds an unusual and subtle perfume to these preserves. Though this recipe does take some time to complete, the majority of the cooking time is hands-off. The best part? You will not need to purchase pectin from the store!

[optimisticgalaxydreamland]

Damson plum - Quetsche - Ciruelo silvestre 

[Prunus domestica]

2018/05/06

[growlink]

DAMSON PLUM JAM

300 ml From Happy Pantry Katikati $5.50 Distinctive Flavour. Rich & Strong-set jam. Ingredients: Damson Plums, Sugar & Water Happy Pantry preserves are made the old-fashioned way - Small batches using our own, home grown, spray-free fruit. Happy Pantry preserves rather than processes & manufactures; follows recipes not formulas. Free from artificial colours, flavours, preservatives & additives. HAPPINESS is HOMEMADE www.growlink.co.nz/groceries/damson-plum-jam