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Persimmon Bread

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LeadDog

Persimmon Bread

We have a persimmon tree and this year I thought I would make Persimmon bread from the fruit.  First I had to find a recipe that I liked and do a trial run to see how the bread tastes.  I found a recipe at this website that I used to make my bread.  http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/11/persimmon-bread.html The first one turned out very tasty but I thought that I should double the recipe and bake the bread in my panettone mold.

Persimmon Bread

Recipe:

 

2 1/2 cups persimmon, mashed pulp.  I put mine in a blender and made a smoothie out of them.  There was a little extra that went into the bread also.

2 tablespoon lemon juice

4 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup plus 4 tbsp. sugar and 4 tbsp. water

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 cups bread wheat flour

2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ginger

1 teaspoon nutmeg 

1/2 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup golden raisins

1/2 cup roasted almond pieces

 

Mix the persimmon lemon juice, olive oil, sugar, water, and vanilla extract together.  Then add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves.  Then mix until all the flour is moistened.  Add the almonds and raisins and mix them in.

 

Pour into what ever baking pan you are going to use and smooth the top out so it looks nice.

 

Preheat oven to 325°F then cook for 1 1/2 hours.  Let the bread cool completely before cutting.  The glaze was made by melting a thick slice of butter.  Then added a half tablespoon of fruit flavored brandy, an eighth of a teaspoon of Vanilla and Almond extract each.  The glaze is then thickened up by adding powdered sugar until I got the thickness that I wanted.  This glaze is just very wonderful all on its own.  I then placed some sliced Almonds on top of the glaze.  I love the wonderful flavor that the persimmons give to this bread.

 

 

Comments

SylviaH's picture
SylviaH

Looks great in the panettone mold!  This is beautiful, I wish I had time to go get some persimmons..I want to bake this for my son-n-law...he loves persimmons!  Oh my, 'I had never eaten one before I moved here, growing up in the dessert and living on grocery store produce'...he had some on the counter...they weren't ready ;/...I didn't know about persimmons..and took a big bite...OMGosh, I thought I would croak...then I had a ripe one...oh they are delicious and grow all around here.

Sylvia

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LeadDog

Persimmons are a funny fruit.  Our tree doesn't have any leaves on it and the fruit is still getting ripe.  I'm not sure what happens to make them do that.  I know when they look ripe I can freeze them overnight  and when they unthaw they are mushy ripe.  That is my trick to getting persimmons ready to eat.  The pulp freezes well also.  I have my eyes on a persimmon pie recipe for this weekend.  :-)

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SylviaH

As I drive down the road to my home, avacado's, orange, lemon, pomagrate groves everywhere and then there is this one group of trees with no leaves but orange balls hanging all over it...I finally figured them to be persimmons.  Mike just said the other day..how he liked those orange looking fruits he saw in the store...awww persimmons!  I often see different varieties in my son'n'laws fruit bowls...but I don't know if they are ripe or not..so I don't eat them without asking first. 

Looking forward to your persimmon recipes...I really should bake him something with persimmon.

Sylvia

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LeadDog

Persimmon Pie

I made this Persimmon Pie by following this recipe to the letter.  I read somewhere that you can just pull the top off the Persimmon and use a blender to make the pulp.  That is what I did for this pie.  I never knew making a pie could be so easy.  Now to let it cool and see how it tastes.

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Mini Oven

The bread looks lovely!

As a kid, there grew this wild persimmon tree on the edge of the wood in South Carolina with small fruit about the size of ping pong balls.  They were not ready to eat until hard frost hit them.  Then we did.  Used to feel like little monsters as we twisted out the tops and sucked them dry, pitching the peel into the ankle deep autumn leaves.  "Dark Shadows" tv vampire soap was popular back then and we had great fun being little fruit vamps.

Persimmons I've seen in different sizes and shapes, some called Sharon fruit or kaki or many other names and there also seems to be a variety and worth asking when the fruit is edible.  I have run into one that is much firmer when ripe than the gooshy ones I love.  They eat more like a crisp apple without the "cotton mouth" green-fruit effect and can be served in wedges or cubed into salads.  They turn brown before they ever get a translucent peel or go soft and are milder.  My husband prefers this neater variety to the messy ones that quench my secret 'blood' thurst from my childhood.  The first one of the season I tend to eat alone over the sink.  In mixed company I've learned to control myself slicing them lengthwise and using a spoon. 

I always have to ask when buying them.

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LeadDog

Funny thing Mini we have had plenty of freezing weather this year and I figured the persimmons would be ripe.  I had a hard time finding one with a soft spot.  Seems after doing a little bit of reading that the freezing helps break down the cell walls that causes the puckering mouth sensation.  I like eating them just have never taken the time to eat that many of them.

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jo_en

Hi I have a persimmon tree too and have the fresh pulp now. Could you send a link for your pie recipe?

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Mini Oven

It is posted above but just because you're so persimmony...

https://www.texascooking.com/recipes/persimmonpie.htm

Have fun! Gosh, I can just imagine you out under the tree. :)

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jo_en

Thank you for the pie link. I missed seeing how it was highlighted too.

It is not easy to get under the persimmon tree since it is fenced off with 4 ft high wire fencing to keep out raccoons, possum, etc. and the fruit is wrapped up with plastic mesh.

Have you any tips about using a fruit puree in a lean sourdough (substitute for the water)?

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jo_en

I made this recipe and got 5 mini loaves. I did substitute  tangerine zest for the lemon juice(not on hand) and used freshly ground soft whole wheat flour for half of the flour.  I really like that there is so little oil. It's a great recip!!