What Are Plums and How Can I Use Them?
If plums have turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use them with confidence and how to choose them, cook them, store them, what to substitute, and 119 recipes to try them in.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 NLEA serving (151g)Where found
Plums are usually found in the produce section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Plums are a member of the Fruits and Fruit Juices US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much do plums weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup, sliced | 165 grams |
| 1 fruit (2-1/8" dia) | 66 grams |
| 1 NLEA serving | 151 grams |
Related
Fruits and Fruit Juices
| In Chinese: | 李子 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | prunes | |
| en español: | ciruelas pasas |
Recipes using plums
There are 119 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Breakfast Fruit Focaccia
Breakfast fruit focaccia uses thawed frozen bread dough as a shortcut base, topped with sliced plums, butter, and cinnamon sugar. Tastes like a Tuscan breakfast pastry without the dough work.
Pork Hock with Pickled Sweet Red Pepper
I like this sour flavor. The best over buckwheat, but all is fine when over rice, potatoes, noodles, or just with lettuce mix. You may use pickled grilled red pepper.
Plum Ice Cream Souffles with Spiced-Plum Sauce
A great summer time dessert, lots of ripe and sweet plum give the souffles delicious flavor!
Plum Ice Cream Souffles with Spiced-Plum Sauce
A great summer time dessert, lots of ripe and sweet plum give the souffles delicious flavor!
Plum Ice Cream Souffles with Spiced-Plum Sauce
A great summer time dessert, lots of ripe and sweet plum give the souffles delicious flavor!
Homemade Kid Friendly Dessert
One of the most delicious desserts. Easy to make and wonderfully sweet. Try this recipe.
Veggie & Plum Flatbread
Onions, bell peppers and plums are arranged over the bread dough or pizza dough that's brushed with garlic olive oil. It's a cheese free flatbread but still so yummy.
Paperbark Smoked Duck with Lllawarra Plum Sauce
Paperbark smoked duck, garnished with mushrooms and finished with Illawarra Plum Sauce.
Cornish Hens & Plums on Baby Spinach
Grilled Cornish hens with a honey-cumin plum rub tucked under the skin, served on baby spinach with grilled plums and balsamic vinaigrette. A showstopping summer grill dinner.
Pork Shoulder in Chanterelle Sauce over Buckwheat
Pork shoulder in chanterelle sauce over buckwheat: tender pressure-cooked pork in a fragrant wild-mushroom sauce with herbs, spooned over nutty buckwheat. A rustic, comforting Eastern European plate.
Pork Ribs in Sour Cabbage
Nothing new under the sun, just my rendition of very popular dish in Eastern Europe, inspired by various cuisines of Carpathian Mountains. Cooked quite quick in a pressure cooker.
Cold Plum Soup
Silky cold plum soup with red wine, brandy, sour cream, and warm cinnamon, chilled until velvety smooth. A refreshing Eastern European fruit soup that works as an elegant starter or a light summer dessert.
Homemade Fruit Dessert
One of the easiest desserts and also very tasty and healthy. Kids will love this dessert. Try it!!
Decadent Plum Clafoutis
Fresh and seasonal plums, creamy and rich custard are baked together to make this irresistibly decadent plum clafoutis.
Glazed Plum Bundt Cake
Glazed plum bundt cake with chopped fresh plums, walnuts, cinnamon, and a warm brown sugar glaze. A late-summer fruit cake with juicy plum pockets and a tender, oil-based crumb.
Peach & Almond Bread with Maple Glaze
Fresh stone fruits, nutty almond and pure maple syrup make this delicious and fruity bread. Unlike peach pie, this peach bread has a fluffy and crumbly texture, with the maple-glazed peaches on top, it is a great joy to have it.
Plum & Strawberry Galette
No sophisticated baking skills are required to make this super fruity and delicious galette. Slice up the plums and strawberries, roughly roll the dough into a round, placed the fruits over the dough, rustically fold the edges around the fruits. How simple is that, and it tastes absolutely delicious!
Peach & Apricot Preserve
Peach apricot preserve combines summer stone fruit with plums and lemon juice into a small-batch jam with no added pectin. Perfect for spreading on toast, swirling into yogurt, or gifting in jars.
Fresh Peach & Plum Tart
Inspired by the fresh peach tart recipe I made a few days ago, yesterday came out this fresh peach and plum tart recipe. This time I used a lot both freshly seasonal peaches and plums, and also made a 11-inch tart to satisfy my fruit tart craving. It came out beautiful and delicious, definitely the kind of dessert that I love to have in summer!
Grandma's Best Plum Cake
Loved this cake very much. The plums became juicy and sweet after baking, which added a great addition to the cake. With a cup of coffee or tea, a perfect afternoon snack.
Sacramento Fruit Bowl
This fruity delicious dish is made with pineapple, honeydew melon, cantalope and nectarines.
Ben & Jerry's Plum Ice Cream
Ben & Jerry's plum ice cream layers macerated plum juice into a sweet cream base, then swirls plum puree in at the end of churning. Vermont custard with bright fruit ribbons in every scoop.
Pflaumenkuchen (Plum Cake)
Pflaumenkuchen: traditional German plum cake on a buttery shortbread base with quartered Italian prune plums and peach jam glaze. Late summer pastry heaven.
