Persimmons a Plenty!
Delicious ways to use a bumper crop of Fuyu Persimmons
Persimmon Bars with Lemon Glaze
Have you ever been in a love-hate relationship? You know, when you really love something, until it's just too overbearing and overwhelming to deal with. That would be my relationship with our Fuyu Persimmon Tree. Love this thing, until, around January, when there's...
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Fuyu Persimmon Cake
This cake is a tradition every fall in our household, mostly because we have this crazy prolific Fuyu persimmon tree that produces tons of fruit, each and every year. It's crazy because we don't do anything to support it. We don't feed it, don't water it, rarely prune...
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Ginger Persimmon Relish (Salsa)
Well, the persimmons are still clinging to the leafless Fuyu tree, so still working on new recipes to use these lovely fruits. Now they are getting a bit softer, but many are still very firm, just with a bit more give than earlier in the season. So tonight we were...
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Low-carb Persimmon Pancakes
Always looking for more ways to use our fuyu persimmon harvest, we adapted our low-carb pumpkin pancake recipe to use Fuyu persimmons. These are fluffy and delicious, with a nice bit of spice perfect for an autumn breakfast.
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Spinach Salad with Fuyu Persimmon and Pomegranate Seeds
It's that wonderful time of year here in California when persimmons and pomegranates are ripening on the trees, so we're taking advantage of the bounty to enjoy them in lots of fall and winter salads. Our persimmon tree did it again this year, and was so overloaded...
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Low-Carb Persimmon Muffins
We have an over-achieving Fuyu persimmon tree that gives us loads of fruit every year. No matter how much we prune it back, or don’t prune it, it gives us amazing fruit, each and every year. So, I’m always looking for ways to use the persimmons. We have always enjoyed...
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Low-Carb Persimmon Pancakes
Being absolutely inundated with Fuyu persimmons this year from our over-achieving tree, I've been experimenting with adding them to a variety of recipes. Now that January, and the frosty nights are with us, the persimmons still hanging on the tree are starting to...
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