This month's best
August's best: Plums
Green to purple, sweet to tantalisingly tart, the perky plum comes in several guises that taste every bit as good as they look. August is the time to get gorging on fine seasonal plums.
Our quick and tasty tip:
- Try making a spiced plum compote with five spice, port, vinegar, cinnamon and orange juice and zest. Delicious served with roast pork.
Eat Seasonably Use Them Up Tips for Plums
Bought too much of your favourite fruit? Not sure what to do with the spare veg in the fridge? Our Use Them Up Tips are a great way to make sure you don’t throw them away.
Love your leftovers… oven poached plums recipe
A simple ever so quick recipe that is really delicious and can use up lots of really ripe fruit.
Love your leftovers … quick fruit jam
This recipe is great for using up soft fruit past it’s best, but not when it’s gone so far that it has reached the mouldy stage – at this point the compost is the best place for them!
Love your leftovers… fruit bowl buns recipe
These will make use of any slightly soft fruits from the fruit bowl, such as apples, pears but experiment with other fruits such as rhubarb, plums, cherries or blackberries, raspberries or strawberries.
Eat Seasonably Plum Turnovers
Delicious, crumbly and juicy, these flaky turnovers, dusted with cinnamon, may be the best and easiest thing to do with a handful of plums.
