Persimmon recipes and how-tos from Food52

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How Persimmons Brought My Parents Together

Fruit

How Persimmons Brought My Parents Together

And recipes to cook with them!

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Cake

What On Earth to Make With Persimmons (We Know You've Been Wondering)

A spiced loaf cake, perfect for tea time

Californian

One Bite of This Californian Persimmon Pudding And It Was Christmas

A quest to track down an old family recipe

Fruit

Sweet Persimmons Are Just Right For These Tender, Whole Wheat Scones

Cue the coziest image you can conjure

13 Ways to Brighten Your Winter with Persimmon

Fruit

13 Ways to Brighten Your Winter with Persimmon

When it comes to in-season food, late winter tends to be the season of brown. Except for persimmons.

by: Caroline Lange|January 29, 2016
Persimmons Are Never So Good as When They're Pickled

Fruit

Persimmons Are Never So Good as When They're Pickled

Learning to love persimmons—pickled.

by: Caroline Lange|January 13, 2016
Persimmon, Radish, and Watercress Salad

Salad

Persimmon, Radish, and Watercress Salad

With fickle persimmons, the moment is right when the moment is right. Act fast and eat them on a seasonal salad.

by: Elizabeth Stark|December  4, 2014
What to Do with an Overload of Persimmons

Fruit

What to Do with an Overload of Persimmons

Discover the many ways to use these vibrant, cool weather fruits.

by: Hollis Miller|September 20, 2014
Homemade Persimmon Sorbet

Sorbet

Homemade Persimmon Sorbet

You're two ingredients away from a delicious, seasonal dessert.

by: Mandy @ Lady and pups|November 29, 2013
A Simple, Bright Persimmon Salad

Salad

A Simple, Bright Persimmon Salad

A fresh, flavorful salad for "you" time. 

by: Phyllis Grant|November 20, 2013
Winner of Your Best Persimmons

Q&A

Winner of Your Best Persimmons

Congratulations to hardlikearmour, whose Winter Fruit Salsa won the contest for Your Best Persimmons!      

by: Food52|February 13, 2013
Community Picks -- Persimmons

Community

Community Picks -- Persimmons

Once again, we want to give a big thanks to all of our volunteer recipe testers for your thoughtful comments and for helping us continue to strengthen our recipe recommendations. You can read the winning headnote and tester's comments by clicking through to the Community Picks recipes — the comments are at the top. And even if the recipe you tested wasn't chosen as a CP, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!

by: Food52|February  7, 2013
Test Kitchen Top 3: Persimmons and Birthdays

Cake

Test Kitchen Top 3: Persimmons and Birthdays

From tasty persimmons to illegible birthday cakes, this week's Test Kitchen day was full of happy surprises.

by: Marian Bull|February  6, 2013
Community Picks Recipe Testing -- Persimmons

Community Picks

Community Picks Recipe Testing -- Persimmons

It's that time again -- help us pick the contest finalists for Your Best Persimmons! 

by: Food52|January 25, 2013

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