5 Plum Recipes You’ll Want to Make on Repeat All Summer (And Year) Long
From a showy upside-down cake to a hearty stew, we’re sweet on these stone fruit creations.
Peaches and nectarines shouldn’t get all the glory. We’re crushing on these plum recipes that showcase how to use the fruit in both sweet and savory ways. Featuring ripe, juicy summer stone fruit and dried plums (aka prunes), these recipes prove why plums are one of the most versatile produce picks.
Pickled Plums
Since fresh plums have a fairly short season—July through October in most parts of the U.S—we like to press “pause” when the fruits are at their peak and preserve them by pickling. This plum recipe will coach you through how to make the most of 14 plums, all the while inducing them with even more flavor from cinnamon, allspice, cloves, star anise, and red wine vinegar. When you’re ready to bust into your jar(s), we suggest enjoying the pickled fruit on its own, layered inside grilled cheese sandwiches, tossed into grain-based or green salads, or chopped and used as a topping for steak, chicken, or pork.
Upside-Down Almond Plum Cake
Peaches might get more time in the stone fruit spotlight, and pineapple usually steals the show in upside-down cakes. But we’re firm believers that it’s prime time for plums to stand out. They do just that in this almost-too-pretty-to-eat cake that’s crowned with sliced fruit, slivered almonds, and gooey caramel topping. According to one BHG fan who tried it herself, this plum recipe is “absolutely fantastic! I ‘dressed’ it up a bit, layering the plums slices in circles. It was so good, we had it with our coffee the next morning. I’ll be making this again!"
Spiced Plum Pie
Remember the classic Mother Goose poem about Jack Horner, who stuck his thumb into Christmas pie? Inspired by that nursery rhyme, in which Jack pulled out a plum from inside the baked good, we dreamed up this plum recipe that might just become your new favorite fruit pie. Cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and candied ginger make this pie not only very tasty, but also totally worthy of its “spiced” moniker.
Rich Beef Stew with Bacon and Plums
Starring beef, bacon, umami-strong tomato paste, this beef stew is the epitome of comfort food. To balance out all of those powerful flavors, we call for stoking the stew with warm cinnamon and cloves, prunes, and 3 ounces shy of a full bottle of red wine.
Test Kitchen Tip: While this beef chuck and dried plum recipe could certainly stand on its own, we recommend serving it with warm, crusty bread to sop up the sauce.
Asian Egg and Rice Cups with Plum Sauce
When fresh plums aren’t quite in season, get your fix with prunes, jam, preserves, or the aforementioned conserve recipe. Take your pick of plum jam or preserves to stir into the sweet-and-sour plum sauce, which makes this meal prep breakfast idea even more irresistible. As a whole, this muffin tin breakfasts is far more unique than any of those coffee shop egg bite recipes, and it’s surprisingly simple to recreate. To make it, just layer leftover or heat-and-eat rice with diced ham and a variety of veggies, then bake and dunk in that sassy sauce.
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