The next time I ordered a Basket, they had an option to purchase an entire case of persimmons, so I did! I found all sort of great recipes to try with them. Cookies, bread, cake, pie, smoothies, you name it. I did eat one of them hard, and decided that they are much better when soft.
The first recipe I tried was a persimmon pie for early Thanksgiving (the Saturday before because my grandma was leaving on a cruise). It turned out pretty good. The flavor was nice, but they were still a bit too crunchy for my taste.
Second was a persimmon birthday cake for my sister-in-law's birthday. It was very dense, but still tasty, with cream cheese frosting. It uses a puree of the fruit, not chunks. My niece came over and helped me decorate.
I still have most of the case that I need to get canned or frozen, but they are all still good and hard and seem to be lasting. Hopefully I will have a little free time soon.
3 comments:
I have never heard of them either. I thought the Bountiful Basket was only during the summer!
Ok after you posted on fb about your first persimmon I went out and bought some thinking I needed to expand my horizons. I have to tell you that we let those suckers ripen for about 3 weeks in a paper bag and they never got soft enough to get rid of the horrible astringent feeling in the mouth. Maybe another week would have done it? I got one teeny tiny taste of the very tip that was super ripe and deep in color and super sweet. But the rest was not a good experience. I even let them sit in the window for a week before putting them into the paper bag. I am willing to bet they need to look like they need to be thrown out before they are edible. I might try it again.
I love the cake it is beautiful! and the pics of the persimmons too!
i've heard of persimmons but never tried them...
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