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Home » Produce guides » Plum recipes: from pies to chicken wings

Modified: Aug 10, 2021 by Vee

Plum recipes: from pies to chicken wings

A collection of 30+ recipes for plum season (May - September/October).

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  • Varieties
  • Appetizers
  • Salads
  • Meat
  • Sauces
  • Baked goods
  • Cocktails
  • More resources

Varieties

When cooking with plums, the variety matters, at least a little.

  • Black plums have dark red-purple skin and red flesh. That red flesh is full of dye that will change the color of what you're cooking. This can be very useful - like adding plums to a cherry pie to keep the cherries from turning a dull red-brown. But they can also turn everything in a salad red.
  • Both red and yellow plums have yellow flesh, so they won't dye things red.
  • Pluots and plumcots are plum-apricot hybrids and can be used interchangeably with plums in nearly any recipe.

Black plums tend to be sweeter with less sour-tart notes than other varieties. However, a lot of the flavor can be influenced by the weather and growing region as well.

Guide: Plums - everything you need to know

Appetizers

Add a little unexpected sweet & tart flavor to appetizers, from galettes to baked brie.

Plum & tomato galette with black pepper parmesan crust. Recipe by Brooklyn Supper
Plum & tomato galette with black pepper parmesan crust
Caprese platter with stone fruit. Recipe by My Diary of Us
Ultimate summer Caprese platter
baked brie wrapped in a pastry - recipe by Half Baked Harvest
Pastry wrapped baked brie with thyme and butter roasted plums

Salads

Plums mix well with other stone fruits and many other fresh summer ingredients.

Stone fruit quinoa salad by Recipe Runner
Stone fruit quinoa salad
plum salad with cucumber and jicama
Plum salad with cucumber and jicama
Shaved zucchini salad with plums, herbs, and almonds. Recipe by The First Mess
Shaved zucchini salad with plums, herbs, and almonds
Peach and plum caprese salad. Recipe by Love & Lemons
Peach & plum Caprese salad
Salad with plums, cherries, tomatoes, burrata. Recipe by Half Baked Harvest
Tuscan summer stone fruit, tomato & burrata panzanella salad

Meat

Meat and plums pair very well together, creating a sweet & savory pairing. Any variety would work well.

BBQ chickpea flatbread with peaches & jalapeno-plum BBQ sauce. Recipe by Keepin It Kind
BBQ chickpea flatbread with peaches & jalapeno-plum BBQ sauce
Rosemary roasted pork tenderloin with plum chutney. Recipe by Carolina Girl Cooks
Rosemary roasted pork tenderloin with plum chutney
Sheet pan saffron chicken and plums. Recipe by Brooklyn Supper
Sheet pan saffron chicken and plums
Five-spice chicken with roasted plum sauce. Recipe by Feasting at Home
Five-spice chicken with roasted plum sauce
Chicken drumsticks glazed with plums. Recipe by The View from Great Island
Fresh plum glazed barbecue drumettes
skillet pork tenderloin with plums. Recipe by Nutmeg Nanny
Skillet pork tenderloin with plums
Pork tacos with plum and hoisin glaze. Recipe by Heather Christo
Plum and Hoisin glazed pork tacos

Sauces

Plums can be used for a sweet & sour sauce, BBQ sauce, and they also make excellent jams. Red-fleshed plums work best for their color and sweetness.

Chinese-style plum sauce. Recipe by Love & Olive Oil
Chinese-style plum sauce
Homemade plum BBQ sauce recipe by Bowl me Over
Homemade plum BBQ sauce
Jars of vanilla bean pluot jam - recipe from The View from Great Island
Vanilla bean pluot jam

Baked goods

A sweet-tart variety of plum works well in desserts, adding depth to the flavor.

Plum pie with rosemary and ginger. Recipe by Box of Spice.
Plum pie with rosemary and ginger
German plum cake, a recipe by House of Nash Eats
German plum cake
plum galette with buckwheat crust. Recipe by Feasting at Home
Plum galette with buckwheat crust
Cardamom plum crumble bars. Recipe by The View from Great Island
Cardamom plum crumble bars
Poppy seed pluot financier. Recipe by Bojon Gourmet
Poppy seed pluot financiers (gluten-free)
Plum glazed donuts. Recipe by Heather Christo
Plum glazed donuts
upside down cake recipe by Half Baked Harvest
Brown butter plum upside down yogurt cake, with pistachios
Galette with stone fruit - recipe by Half Baked Harvest
Raspberry ginger stone fruit galette

Cocktails

Add a unique twist to cocktails with seasonal plums - be mindful of red vs yellow fleshed varieties and how it will change the color of your drink.

Plum and thyme prosecco smash
Plum and Thyme prosecco smash
Basil-plum Pimm's Cup cocktails. Recipe by Bojon Gourmet
Basil-plum Pimm's cup
Plum ginger whiskey sour. Recipe by A Spicy Perspective
Plum ginger whiskey sour
Vodka spritzer with plums. Recipe by Heather Christo
Plum vodka spritzer

More resources

  • Stone fruit guides: plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots
  • Pluots & plumcots: what are they? (includes a list of varieties
  • All produce guides (or by month)

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