I have the pleasure of working with the Portland Fruit TreeProject throughout the year. They are a great organization, which organizes
harvest parties for the large amount of fruit trees in Portland. Groups of
volunteers harvest ripe fruit and a portion is donated to the Oregon Food Bank.
Volunteers also take home a portion of the fruit, as does the owner of the
property/fruit trees. On top of the harvest parties, they also organize canning
and cooking classes to help people with ideas on what to do with… we’ll say 30+
pounds of Persimmons, for instance.
Enter Heather and Jason! We joined with the PFTP to teach a
Persimmon Preservation class. We did a demo of one of my favorite persimmon
recipes, Persimmon Chutney. It makes a great addition to a holiday gift basket
and goes well on all sort of things. Jason prefers it on pork while I prefer it
on a nice curry… or a spoon.
To help with the class, I put together a handout. Who doesn’t
like a good handout? It includes three persimmon recipes as well as a basic
guide to home canning. Credit where it is due, the basic guide came directly
from My Pantry Shelf.
It is incredibly well written and a great guide.
The three recipes are:
Persimmon Chutney
Persimmon Jam
Persimmon Cookies
Granted, persimmon cookies aren’t a canning thing, but it
you have persimmons, you should 100% make these cookies. They are soft and
chewy. On top of that, the bizarre science experiment that is persimmon and
baking soda brings me a weird level of joy.
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