It's that time of year again...Persimmon Time! I'm very lucky and have access to the two types of persimmons I know of: Fuyu...sweet and crunchy and Hachiya...sweet and soft (but really astringent if they are not ripe). We fill the salad bar at school with the Fuyu and the kids just love them. The Hachiya are grown almost wild here and I gather them for the pulp and make cookies, breads and my favorite:
Persimmon Pudding with Hard Sauce. This pudding was also a favorite of my former mother-in-law a sweet Southern lady from Alabama and such an awesome cook (this is not her exact recipe...since her son...my oldest daughter's father... swore me to secrecy...but it is very close).
For years I have made my pudding in a makeshift bowl/steamer setup, because I'm too cheap to buy the steamer...such a fool...but this year I found a steamer on Amazon at a great price and went ahead and ordered it. I'm glad I did...even though it's a bit rinkey-dinkey I like the darn thing and will be trying a few more English puddings during these cold winter months.
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| My Favorite Hachiya Tree (I call these American Persimmons) |
I sorta' steal a lot of my persimmons! My favorite tree sits off the side of a major road in our county in a field equipment area...nothing around...no houses...no barns...lots of beehives. Since I'm not afraid of bees I watch that huge tree faithfully every Autumn...and wait for those delicious babies to fall...usually I gather 10-20 at a time several times a season...on my way up to or back from the cabin.
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Just of Few Baskets a Year
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My friend Paula has a couple wonderful persimmon trees, too...both the Fuyu and the Hachiya. I'm lucky enough to get several dozen of both varieties from her...I trade her for lots of butternut squash.
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My Trade Goods
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I puree all those luscious Hachiya and freeze them in one cup Ziploc bags. Lots and lots of puree for cookies, breads and puddings. The Fuyu I dry in my Excalibur...yummy!
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| Puree |
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My $14.00 Steamer
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8 comments:
I love Fuyu persimmons!! I have two trees I started from seeds! Which are far and few between to be found in them :O)...
My little trees are only about 10" tall. I had planned to get up to a Nursery I was told of that had seedlings for 10.00 each.
I am told they do well in Texas.
The persimmons are gorgeous! So much bigger than our wild persimmons (which the deer and possums usually get to first anyway). The pudding looks really good too. Love your steamer.
Persimmons are so gorgeous - I was gifted with a bunch of Fuyus last week and as soon as I leave the computer I am going to experiment with making some apple cookie bars and substituting the persimmons for the apples...
I just dropped by to thank you for your congratulations on my new book! It's officially posted on my blog! Please do come by and consider entering my book giveaway. :)
And those persimmons still make me drool, LOL
I got my persimmons from a tree behind a tire store until someone decided to cut it down! Boo and hiss! I am from Alabama, too. I like the ones that get all wrinkly and don't know what kind they are.
That steamer is sharp. What did you make in it? Cake?
I read persimmons pudding out loud and hubby piped and said oh my god that sounds stupid good! So I will be getting that recipe from ya...thanks for joining my blog!
Lynda, I found your comment on my blog about my book today. What an incredibly wonderful way to start the day! Thank you so much.
I'm going to set up a "What readers say" page and would love to be able to quote you, along with a link about to your blog. Would that pretty please be okay?
And, another visit to wish you and your family a very merry Christmas!
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