8 ways to get more plum in your tum

With summer just around the corner, stone fruits are making a plum-back. The humble plum is a force to be reckoned with, so tread carefully. When done right, these plum dishes will have you saying 'Yum'!

Sumac plums

Source: Michael Joseph Books / Chris Terry

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A splash of amaretto is added to the final churn of this ice-cream, inspired by the wonderous combination of plums and almonds.

Plum and amaretto sorbet (sorbetto di susine con amaretto)
Plum and amaretto sorbet (sorbetto di susine con amaretto) Source: Paola Bacchia

TV chef Nadiya Hussain loves these plums, which are roasted with the stones still in to give them maximum flavour. With vanilla fragrance and the sharpness of sumac, they are delicious served with yoghurt and some crushed amaretti biscuits.

Sumac plums
Source: Michael Joseph Books / Chris Terry

This recipe is as much about the versatility of plums as it is a crisp-skin fish cooking technique. If you don’t have a fish weight – you can use a pot to weigh the fish down and keep the skin flat on the pan.

Crisp-skinned Spanish mackerel with plum agrodolce
Source: Danielle Abou Karam

These make great ice breakers for a cocktail party. You could also serve them in a tall glass as a welcome drink.

Willunga ice cider shots with plum confetti
Willunga ice cider shots with plum confetti Source: Ainsley's Market Menu

If it's gorgeous colour you're after, this salad delivers. The juicy plums and crisp radicchio almost blend together, and the hazelnuts add a crunchy texture.

Grilled radicchio salad with plums, hazelnuts and guanciale
Source: Danielle Abou Karam

This is one of the signature dishes at Billy Kwong. Kylie Kwong remembers a table of four once ordered four ducks because they’d heard so much about it – they wanted a duck each and that was that! If blood plums aren’t in season, use blood oranges or regular oranges to add that lovely sourness.

Crispy-skin duck with blood plum sauce
Crispy-skin duck with blood plum sauce Source: Kylie Kwong: Heart and Soul

Adam Liaw swears that Queensland’s Queen Garnet plums are wonderful things. Of course, you can eat them just as they are (or even with a bit of yoghurt) but he thinks they work really well in a cobbler too.

Plum cobbler
Source: Danielle Abou Karam

This is a twist on Mexico's tres leches cake, made with four milks including rich caramel. You can use many different fruits in this - Pati Jinich uses plums and apricots fresh from her garden, but we can't all be so lucky.

Cuatro leches cake
Source: Pati's Mexican Table

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