Persimmon Ice Cream

I love the color of this ice cream, and the taste is subtly spicy.  You can use either ripe or over-ripe Fuyu persimmons.  This recipe would also work nicely with ripe Hachiya persimmons. For this recipe you’ll need: 4 or 5 Fuyu persimmons 2 eggs (pasteurized if you can find them) 2 cups heavy cream […]

Warm Persimmon Compote

This warm, sweet sauce is great with pancakes or french toast.  The lightly cooked persimmon tastes like apricot and apple.  Yum! For this recipe you’ll need: 1 pound Fuyu persimmons juice of 1 lemon (don’t forget to save the peel for limoncello!) 3 tablespoons or more honey 2 pinches of cinnamon pinch of nutmeg pinch […]

Persimmon and Cranberry Sauce

This cranberry sauce is sweet and fruity.  Persimmon tastes a bit like apricot when cooked. For this recipe you’ll need: 1 pound Fuyu persimmons 12 ounces whole cranberries 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg Peel, core and dice the persimmon into large chunks. Add the persimmon, sugar, spices and 3/4 cup water […]

Fuyu Persimmons

There are two types of people out there – those that like persimmon and those that don’t.  When it comes to fresh persimmon, I’m on the “don’t like” side.  This is problem since we have a lovely and bountiful Fuyu persimmon tree in our backyard. Cooked persimmons are a different story.  When gently cooked, Fuyu […]