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A little astringent, with a lot of sweetness – make the most of the plums this season.
Plum recipes - Gourmet Traveller's best plum recipes. Photo of halved and quartered plums on a plateBen Dearnley (main)

Stone fruit reach their peak in summer, and it’s plums that we think work best in sweet and savoury dishes. Their slightly astringent skin is lessened after some cooking, and their sweet juicy flesh works beautifully in pastries and icy snow cones. Plums also pair wonderfully with pork, duck and seafood.

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So, if you have a surplus of stone fruit while they’re in their peak and wondering what to do with plums, we have plenty of recipes made with plums to turn to – from dessert dishes to make and bake such as plum cakes, a crostata tart, and crumbles to fish crudo with plums and lamb ribs served with spicy plum sauce.

Here are our favourite plum recipes for plum season.

Photo: William Meppem

Plum and blackberry cake

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Chicken, roast plum, labne and grain salad
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Roast plum, labne and grain salad

Photo: William Meppem

Biscotti with blood plum conserva

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Red emperor crudo with stone fruit and orange-oregano dressing

White peach and black plum fruit salad
Photo: Ben Dearnley

White peach and black plum fruit salad

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Photo: William Meppem

Plum crostata

Photo: William Meppem

Char-grilled mackerel with plum glaze and shiso salt

Brandy plum cake
Photo: William Meppem

Brandy plum cake

Photo: Chris Chen

Blood plum cordial

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Duck roasted in Lambrusco with blood plums and bay

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Tivoli Road Bakery’s blood plum galettes

Photo: Ben Dearnley

An easy plum, pear and ginger crumble

Photo: William Meppem

Plum torta with cardamom sugar

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Blood plum clafoutis

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Slow-cooked pork shoulder with plums

Photo: Craig Wall

Fragrant plum snow cones

Large, raised glass bowl holding a trifle layered with sponge cake, halves cherries, cream and crumbs
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Spiced plum, cherry and coffee trifle with cardamom crumb

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Photo: William Meppem

Lamb ribs with spicy plum sauce

Photo: Chris Chen

Plum burnt-butter cakes with plum semifreddo

Photo: Chris Court

Cherry and plum salad

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Blood plum, burrata and watercress salad with toasted barley

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