Recipes For Fresh Plums

Summer Fresh Fruit Recipes

Summer Fresh Fruit Recipes

The summer months offer a harvest of fresh fruits to appeal to our every taste — plums, peaches nectarines, apricots, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, mangos, lemons, limes, pears, figs and so many other delicious fruits. When purchasing fresh fruit choose solid and firm ripe fruit. Some fruits will ripen after purchased and may increase their sweetness; yet some, like watermelons, retain the same flavor as when they were picked.

Wash the fruit when you are ready to eat it for best results. Fruits may be eaten fresh or cooked, baked, grilled, sautéed, pureed, pickled or jellied. They make wonderful salads and a great accompaniment with many grilled dishes. Try some of these tasty dishes.

Apricot, Yogurt and Granola Parfaits

4 apricots (also peaches or nectarines), pitted and cut into bite size pieces

2 8-ounce containers vanilla yogurt

1 cup granola

In dessert glasses layer apricot pieces, vanilla yogurt and granola, ending with granola as the top layer.

Melon Salad with Avocado and Mango 

2 cups 1-inch cantaloupe chunks

2 cups seedless red watermelon 1-inch chunks

1 ripe mango, cut into 1-inch chunks

1 ripe avocado, cut into 1-inch chunks

½ cup cilantro leaves, chopped

1 tablespoon lime juice

½ cup orange juice

1 tablespoon EVOO, olive oil

Salt and ground black pepper to taste

In a large bowl toss together cantaloupe, watermelon and mango chunks. 

In another bowl toss together avocados with limejuice, stir in lightly, coating evenly.

In a small bowl whisk together orange juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Drizzle evenly over fruit chunks, toss with chopped cilantro. Place avocado chunks on top of fruit mixture and serve immediately.

Cherries Jubilee

1 pound maroon Bing cherries, pitted

¼ cup granulated sugar

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

¼ cup kirsch

vanilla ice cream

In a saucepan over medium heat melt butter. Stir in sugar then add pitted cherries and mix well. Cook for about 5 to 7 minutes until cherries are tender and sugar has dissolved. Remove saucepan from heat and add kirsch, ignite with a match and cook until flame has gone out. Serve immediately over vanilla ice cream.

Spicy Plum Sauce Grilled Short Ribs with Grilled Fresh Plums | PCC ...

Place the short ribs in a non-reactive baking dish or bowl.

Combine the remaining ingredients except the fresh plums and accompaniments and pour all but 1/4 cup of the marinade mixture over the ribs. Reserve the remaining 1/4 cup to glaze the plums during cooking. Marinate the ribs overnight in the refrigerator, tossing them in the marinade occasionally.

To cook: Preheat a grill to high heat or prepare a bed of hot coals. Grill the ribs, turning occasionally and basting them with the marinade, for a total of about 10 to12 minutes. The goal is to get them really sticky and brown with most of the fat rendered off. Brush the plums with the reserved marinade and place on the grill, cut side down, during the last 6 minutes or so of cooking.

Throw a few green onions onto the grill during the grilling process if you would like!

To serve, cut the ribs into individual pieces and serve with the plums. To make it fun, add a few sesame seeds, grilled green onions and serve with some steamed rice.

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