A couple months ago my grandma gave me the recipe for her holiday Persimmon Pudding (with rum hard sauce, which she stresses can't be done without). This dish is more of a bread pudding, moist and deliciously fruity. When I was visiting the family a couple weekends ago, they gave me a batch of persimmon pulp they made from their tree. Today was an awesome foggy fall day, and between that and the frozen persimmon waiting in the freezer that was all the prompting I needed to stay inside and bake. This is a really spicy batter and I loved the way it smelled in the bowl, and loved it even more coming out of the oven. It's a really straight-forward recipe, the only prep I needed to do was chop the dates (they are apparently available pre-chopped). Oh, and to "plump" the raisins in rum...easy! I made two small loaves in paper "tins", and I was surprised to see all the BUTTER that had pooled up between the pans and the cookie sheet they were baked on. I'm letting them cool now and they should be ready for their hard sauce for tonight's dessert.
*Unfortunately I can't find this recipe* :(
Posts
