Persimmon Pudding

[no_hypocrisy]

I've circled persimmons with a wary eye. Never have tasted one. Wondered what you do with it: pie, cake, crisp?

I found a recipe that had the hallmark ingredients of a baked cake, but it's a pudding. Four eggs, 2-1/2 cups of persimmon puree, white and brown sugars, lots of spices, roasted pecans.

I made and baked it last night and it was cooling when I retired.

I just tried a square. YUMMMMMM!!!

I still have to make the complementary cinnamon whipped cream, but the pudding can stand alone.

[chia]

1. My neighbor just gave me 4, I've never tasted them either, and had to laugh at your description

of "circling them with a wary eye" because that's exactly what I've been doing. I keep picking them up, feeling them, have no idea if they're ripe... or what to do with them. I found a recipe for green beans with persimmon, in the most recent Costco magazine, but your recipe sounds more appealing. Could you please share the complete recipe, or a link to it?

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Yes. When I come home from work this afternoon.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Here ya go!

https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/persimmon-pudding

[chia]

4. Thank you sooooooo much! :)

[no_hypocrisy]

6. BTW, you'll need 2 lbs of persimmons for 2-1/2 cups of puree

Just cut into chunks and put in a food mill.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. We used to have lots of persimmon trees

They are all gone now. My mother made the best persimmon pudding! We used to shake the lower branches so we could eat one right from the tree