19 Plum Recipes for Drinks, Snacks, Desserts, and Full-On Dinners
We love the snap-slurp sound of biting into a fresh plum’s deep purple skin, but sometimes, we want something more. That’s when this list of our best plum recipes comes in handy: When we’re feeling extra, as the kids say, and we want the stone fruit to be extra right along with us. Extra like sliced and combined with rosé in a sangria pitcher. Extra like charred and served on a plate with fresh goat cheese and a drizzle of olive oil. (Side note: If you’re looking for an easy dessert recipe, vanilla ice cream also pairs well with roasted plums.) Extra like turned into a tangy mostarda-esque dressing to accompany grilled pork chops. And most definitely extra like baked into an almond and plum cake and dusted with powdered sugar just before serving. How about you get extra too?
Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Sean Dooley, Prop Styling by Marina Bevilacqua1/19Jammy Cumin Plums and Feta Salad
This plum recipe is super versatile: Not only do the simmered plums suit a salty salad, but also they’re delicious spooned over yogurt or as an accompaniment to a snack board.
Photograph by Jessica Pettway, Food Styling by Judy Kim, Prop Styling by Stephanie Yeh2/19Plum and Lime Upside-Down Cake
Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by Judy Kim.3/19Grilled Pork Chops With Plum Mostarda
Mostarda is a sharp, heavy-hitting Italian condiment of candied fruit and dry mustard. Here, we use whole grain and Dijon mustard, red wine vinegar, and shallots—and really, you can “mostarda” any fresh fruit you want. Try blueberries, blackberries, or rhubarb.
Photograph by Scott Semler, Food Styling by Judy Kim, Prop Styling by Stephanie Yeh4/19Plum–Black Pepper Yogurt Semifreddo
Photo by Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott, food styling by Andy Baraghani, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski5/19Arugula With Italian Plums and Parmesan
For an over-the-top summer dinner menu, serve this peppery salad with Romano bean salad, paccheri with shellfish, grilled red mullet, grilled bistecca, and brioche au rhum. You’re welcome.
Christina Holmes7/19Plum Tarts With Honey and Black Pepper
Besides the plums and frozen puff pastry, we bet you have all of the ingredients for this tart on hand. (Heck, you may even already have the pastry!) If you want something a little more involved but with a similar vibe, try our Peach-Plum Galette.
Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Alison Attenborough, prop styling by Heather Greene10/19Plum Salad With Black Pepper and Parmesan
The prep time on this savory fruit salad recipe couldn’t be more minimal: Slice plums into wedges, then toss them with a mixture of sherry vinegar, honey, black pepper, and parmesan shavings. That’s it.
Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by Mieko Takahashi, prop styling by Tim Ferro11/19Stone Fruit Brown Betty
Peter Frank Edwards15/19Pearl Sugar Waffles With Bacon and Plums
Our favorite morning carbs come in the form of these waffles, especially because they’re served with bacon, sliced plums, ricotta, and almonds and drizzled with cacao-nib syrup.
Zach DeSart17/19Stone Fruit Cobbler
How does a plum crumble differ from a plum cobbler? It really comes down to the dry ingredients: Whereas crumbles are topped with a streusel-like mixture, cobblers are topped with either a cake-like batter or a biscuit-like dough
Christopher Testani19/19Plum-Thyme Cut-Out Pie
We know this is all about plum recipes, but it’s important to talk about other ingredients too. Essential here are all-purpose flour (not cake, pastry, or bread flour) and two types of sugar: granulated for the filling and demerara, which turns the top of the pie crust delightfully crunchy. And plums, of course. It is, after all, a plum pie.
