need persimmon recipe help plz

[toddlove8845]

What do like to do with persimmon. Ive go two trees and will have a ton persimmons soon. This is how i usually use them up.

1 eaten fresh
2 preserved (a lot of fresh ginger)
3 sauce (same process as duck a' l'orange and stored frozen)

I do the same thing every year. I would appreciate some suggestions. Preferably something I can make in bulk.

[cheflayne]

What variety of persimmons?

[Mezzaluna]

Isn't there a persimmon pudding recipe? Kind of like an English steamed pudding, as I recall.

Why not use in as if it were plums, apricots or ripe bananas?

I adore these fruits, especially the hachiya variety. Which variety do you have?

[Botanique]

(she was my Julia....)

Steamed Persimmon Pudding

3 medium ripe persimmons (1 C pureed)
2 tsp soda
1/4 lb butter
1 1/2 C sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp vanilla
2 Tb brandy or milk
1 C flour unsifted
1 tsp cinnamon
1 C raisons
1/2 C chopped pecans

Scoop flesh from persimmon. Whirl in blender. Stir in soda and set aside. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, lemon juice, vanilla, brandy, and persimmon puree. Sift flour with cinnamon and salt into creamed mixture. Add raisons and nuts.

Grease thoroughly 2 qt pudding mold and lid. Place on rack above boiling water. Cook covered 2 1/2 hours. Cool ten minutes and unmold.

Freezes well.


Brandied Hard sauce

Beat 1/2 C butter until smooth. Add slowly 1 C sifted powdered sugar and 3 Tb brandy.

Recipe from Mrs. Shirley Feeley, the most awesome pawsome chef in the world -- who let me sit at her knee and smell the spices she threw!

[toddlove8845]

Sounds great. Ill test the redipe out soon. This sounds like a good gift I can give out during the holidays.

Thanks

[Botanique]

You are most welcome, my pleasure -- one of the joys in life is sharing the gifts that we are given.

[shroomgirl]

substitute for applesauce in muffins or tea breads
Ice cream.....make a vanilla base and add the puree
I make sorghum bars like blondie brownies.....I can imagine mixing up persimmon goo and making a bar possibly with oats and pecans.

I've had it as a filling in single crust pie.....custard base
I could see it added to winter squash puree soup
or in a pumpkin pie goo

wonder how they dry, pop the substantial seeds out and cut the stem off let it become chewy in the dehydrator.

[OzarkRose]

Toddlove, have you ever used these persimmons in baking before? If not try a small/easy recipe first as not all trees are the same! (a lesson learned the hard way) Make sure to wait until after a HARD frost, even if they are already falling from the tree. And if you freeze them for latter use, make sure to peel them first as the skins will cause everything to become too bitter. Also important to keep in mind is that most every recipe calling for/using persimmons is for the Oriental/Asian/Japanese persimmon which is almost nothing like our native so do not do a straight substituion.
The traditional way the native persimmon is used in Arkansas is in a quick bread, and the base receipe is like a pumpkin bread, although once again, try it using less fruit. You can find many variations in historic cookbooks on the net.

[Harpua]

Yea, you gotta make a quickbread. Persimmon cookies are awesome too.. people can't usually put their finger on what the flavor is.