The market · Fruit · Northern and Central Europe

Plums

Late-summer stone fruit, tart in the skin and sweet in the flesh — better cooked than most fruit.

tart skin · sweet flesh
Plums

What to do with it

Ibu Sari's Beef rendangPlum would cut through its richnessAna Etxarri's Pil pilPlum would cut through its richnessTolu Adeyemi's SuyaPlum would cut through its richnessTolu Adeyemi's Rendang, the Lagos wayPlum would cut through its richness
Classics built on it
GeorgianTkemaliA sour plum sauce with garlic, dill, coriander and chilli — Georgia's ketchup, for meat and potatoes.No one here has made it yet

Kinds

Damson
Small, very sour — for jam and gin.
Victoria
The classic English eating plum.

Goes with

cinnamonalmondstar anise

Knowing it

Where to buy
Markets and greengrocers in late summer.

More fruit, in season with it

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