italian dessert recipes

Plum Recipes

"Plums, Plums, Plums - Use 'Em Up!"






Lisa Most plum recipes (used in Italian dessert recipes) call for Italian plums. But you don't have to use them with any of my recipes. You can use any type of plum. Just make sure they are:

  • firm
  • not too ripe
  • have a little bit of give when you squeeze - but not much.


    • If you are like me, you don't usually go to the store with the intention of purchasing plums just to cook. I usually buy them raw - they begin to ripen and I'm stuck with more fruit than I can snack on.

    These plum recipes will yield themselves well to a plum that's just about to ripen:

    plum recipes Plum Cake Recipe

    Plum Tart

    Plum Jam Recipe



    So far - none of the recipes call for "peeled" plums. But you do have to get the pit out. The quickest way to do that is:

  • Cut into the plum along the seam
  • Make sure you cut all the way to the pit
  • Twist both halves in opposite directions
  • Remove the pit


    • This also works great with an avacado!

    Again, if the plum is too ripe, then this pitting method won't work. And the plum is probably too ripe to use in the cake or tart, but you could make the plum jam recipe.

    Too if you don't want to go to any cooking "trouble" you can make a little dip for the plums that isn't too sweet. Take some ricotta cheese, ( yes we are big on ricotta - see my ricotta cheese recipes) stir in just a hint of sugar and chopped mint. It's a quick way to use up plums. Plus it will impress the neighbors - because NO ONE thinks of it!

    And if these aren't quite doing it for you I listed all the fruit dessert recipes I have on my site too. Thank you for stopping.

    Lisa
    Website Owner and Developer of Italian dessert recipes





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    Lisa Gianotti Fathers Day I can already tell you the main recipes that are viewed on Italian Dessert Recipes during the last few weeks before Fathers Day - CHOCOLATE desserts, CHOCOLATE CAKES, CHOCOLATE cheesecake - basically anything chocolate.

    Not sure why we think men need chocolate. But, it's a cyclical. I see it every year - all my chocolate dessert recipes get the highest viewings.

    So, to give you some ideas - here's what most of us cook for our men on Fathers Day:

    Recipe for Chocolate Cheesecake (I love this because it uses sour cream, and makes the chocolate have the bittersweet deep end flavor

    Chocolate Walnut Cake

    Chocolate Buttermilk Cake (Uses 3 sticks of butter - I make this about 4 times a year!)

    And if you don't want chocolate? Another great holiday cake, that I make for celebrations:

    Italian Rum Cake (Give yourself a day ahead of time to make this. It needs to soak about 24 hours to flavor.)



    Lisa


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    Recipes on this site are from family cookbooks, family traditions, or intentional adaptations from traditional recipes to add an Italian flair. If a recipe was adapted or used from another cook - it is mentioned on the recipe page and the recipe author is given credit.