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Use plums and enjoy in every season
After the long-awaited harvest season, plum plumage from the middle of July with sweet aroma. In favorable weather, the fruits ripen at the same time. Learn in this article, in what way the vitamin-rich fruits are preserved.
Process ripe plums
Only ripe fruits are used. If the plums still have green spots, they ripen in a paper bag at room temperature.The addition of a banana speeds up the ripening process.
Freeze
Wash ripe fruits, core seeds and cut in half. Preheat for about 60 minutes on a baking tray or small plate in the freezer. Then pack in freezer bags or frost-resistant cans. Depending on your needs, you can thaw individual fruits and enjoy a homemade fruit cake in winter. Frozen plums are suitable for making mus.
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Freshly harvested fruits can be wonderfully combined with wintry game dishes. Wash, halve and core the fruits. In various marinades of high-quality vinegar varieties, the plums are preserved for up to 24 months. Depending on your taste, red wine, rum and spices round off the delicacies.
dry
In the dehydrator or oven, quartered plums are drying. As dried fruit they can be kept for up to 12 months.
Use overripe plums
When the ideal harvest time is over, all plum varieties are suitable for preparing musts or jams. Especially late species linger until after the first November frost on the tree. The lower piece of fruit is already shriveled at this time. The taste, however, incomparably sweet. Canning is the only way of recovery due to its juicy texture.
Overripe plums on the tree are a famous home for maggots. Before processing, a bath in sugar-water solution is recommended. In this way, the animals flee from the plums and swim at the water surface.
Tips & Tricks
When new plum trees move into the home garden, choose two different varieties. From July to September you harvest the fruits in stages.