sweet davidson plums

Get

8 Davidson plums 

200ml agave syrup light


Do 

Wash the plums. Put in a small casserole. 

Pour the agave syrup over them. 

Bake in a wood-fired oven until the syrup turns pink/red. This may take hours depending on the temperature of the oven. About 220 degrees is good for about 1 hour or more. The syrup becomes very thick. Discard any plums which become dry and hollow.

Cool

Pour into a glass jar including the juicy plums and store in a refrigerator for a few days. 

Serve whole with semolina and the syrup.

Rice Pudding with Davidson's Plum Syrup

GET

1 cup of Arborio rice 

2 cups of water

1 cup of milk (animal or vegetable)

A pinch of real vanilla and salt

Some Agave syrup 

and

Davidson's Plum Syrup 

DO 

Wash the rice. Add the water and the rice in the pot and boil. Turn the heat down and let it simmer for 20 min. Should it become 'pudding' like add the cup of milk, salt and vanilla. Turn the heat down and stir regularly. When it gets sticky cover the rice with a lid, turn the heat off and let it rest for another 20 min. Mix in the agave syrup and refrigerate.

Serve with the davidson's plum syrup, fruit compote or cinnamon.

Apple dessert

Get

One cup of rolled oats

2 cups of grated hazelnuts
½ cup grated almonds
½ cup grated macadamias
One egg

8 tablespoons of yoghurt

Davidsons syrup

6 green apples, or pink ladies 
cinnamon

Do


Preheat the oven at 180°c.
Grate almonds, hazelnuts and macadamias coarsely to flakes

mix egg and yoghurt, cinnamon and sweetener
add most of the nut flakes mix in.

Peel the apples. Cut cheeks from the core and cut parallel cuts into each one.

Distribute the oats evenly on the bottom of a baking dish.
Sprinkle some nut flakes on top.
 Pour the mixture on and spread it out evenly.
Add more nut flakes.

Arrange the apple pieces on top and pour more sweetener onto it.
Bake on the 2nd shelf of the oven for 45 mins, turn the oven off and leave it in there for another 15 mins. 

Serve with remaining nut flakes.  

Bello Linzer torte

The Linzer torte is a shortcrust pastry filled with jam and topped with a double lattice. In Italy the Crostata is a "rustic free-form version of an open fruit tart". In Greece, Egypt, and South America they call it Pastafrola. The history of the Linzer torte goes back to Egypt and the Roman empire. It usually contains  red jam, lemon and nuts as the main ingredients for taste. Exotic ingredients like cane sugar, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla and nutmeg were only added later in Europe.

The Bello Linzer torte is adapted for local NSW ingredients. Seasonal native Davidson's plums have been made into a prize-winning jam by Jan. And Ross baked the 'rustic free-form version' of the open fruit cake. Edible Culture found the result very delicious.

GET
A 26 cm cake form ca 4 cm high

350g davidson plum jam (or any thick jam)

200 g wheat flour
125 g butter or macadamia oil
150 g macadamias or almonds, grated
125 g honey
2 egg yolks
1 sm spoon of cocoa
½ tsp cinnamon
some nutmeg
a pinch of cloves
vanilla
½ lemon peel grated
some Kirschwasser
egg and lemon rind

DO

Mix honey, nuts flour and cocoa, cinnamon cloves and vanilla in a large bowl. Form an indentation and add the egg and the kirsch liqueur in the middle. Add the butter or Macadamia oil on the edges and quickly knead into a dough. Cover it and let it rest for an hour in the fridge. Heat the oven to 180 degrees. Take two thirds and roll it over the bottom cake form. Keep some for the sides, ca 2- 3 cm high, trim edges. Roll out the remaining dough and cut it into equal strips.

Cover the casing with a thick layer of jam and lay the strips into a double lattice across the jam. Cover the lattice and margins with a mixed egg, Kirschwasser and the lemon zest.
Bake for approx. 60 minutes at 180 degrees on the second shelf from the bottom.  Let it cool on a rack in its form.

Davidson's Plum Syrup

This year the Davidson's plum syrup is of a very translucent quality. It can be made with Davidsonia jerseyana or Davidsonia pruriens. This syrup method is very time saving and contains agave nectar and no sugar. Also, the absence of the tough skins seems to make it less sour. The syrup goes well with joghurt or most desserts. Davidson's plum sauce is thick with skins and requires more work.

1 o'clock: finger limes, 5 o'clock Davidson plum, 11 o'clock Atherton Oak Nut

Roast Apple and Davidson's Plum Essence

GET

2 organic (pink lady) apples

10 Davidson's plums (Davidsonia jerseyana or Davidsonia pruriens)

Some agave nectar

DO

Wash the fruit. Place the two apples in a hot oven dish and the plums in another dish. Pour some agave nectar over the plums. Add to a preheated oven. The pervasive scent of the apple will fill the space. When the apples are split and turn golden, they are done. Note there might be a little pink jelly at the bottom of the dish. Scrape it off and add on top of the apple. Leave the plums for a bit longer till a clear liquid forms at the bottom of the dish.

Gently pour off the translucent essence of davidson's plum. Serve with the hot apple. The davidson's pulp can be pressed though a sieve and served, after sweetening as a dessert with yogurt another time.

Hot chocolate with Davidson’s plums

 

This recipe is inspired by the Warndu Mai (Good Food) Cookbook, by Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan. This contemporary cookbook is showcasing Australian native foods with many recipes. Their Davidson Plum Hot Chocolate is altered here to suit our needs. The plums are fresh off the tree.

In the foreword Bruce Pascoe writes:  “You can’t eat our Aboriginal food if you can’t swallow our history.”

get

75g dark chocolate (90%, organic & fair trade)
¼ l milk
4 large Davidson’s plums
2 tbsp honey

do

Press the juice out of the plums through a sieve.
Heat the milk in a small saucepan.
Add the chocolate in pieces.
Stir.
Add the plum juice and honey.
Stir while heating until hot but not boiling.

Serve hot in cups.
This rich chocolate drink will be enough for 3-4 cups. 

Davidsonia Jelly

Get
15 - 20 Davidson's plums, Mullumbimby plums, (Davidsonia johnsonii)
1 tbsp water
150 ml agave syrup
30 g agar agar flakes

Do
Cook the plums in the water until soft.
Squash them firmly with a potato masher.
Press them through a fine sieve to extract the juice and pulp.
Discard the skins.
Return the juice to the saucepan. Add the agar and stir. Let it soak for 10 minutes.
Heat the pan while stirring. The mixture will gradually become translucent. Stir until the agar is completely dissolved and there is no foam on top. Remove from heat.
Pour into a serving bowl to set and cool.
Keep in the fridge.
Serve the Davidson's jelly with yoghurt and lychees.

Seeds of Davidsonia

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Davidson's Plums with Cashew Cream

Davidson's Plums with Cashew Cream

GET
Plums
15 Davidson's plums/ Oorays
1 Vanilla pod (forget extracts)
10 Tbsp maple syrup

Cashew cream:
120 g cashew seeds
5 Tbsp filtered water
3 Tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon
A dash of lemon juice
A pinch of salt

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DO
Soak the cashews 2 - 6 hours before in water. Preheat the oven. Wash plums, cut and remove seeds. Cut the skin very fine and the pulp can be chopped. Mix the content of the vanilla orchid pod and the syrup and add it to the plums. Place in a casserole and roast for 20 - 30 min at 190°C. Keep an eye on the roasting process. Stir if necessary or even add water. It is not to go black!

Place cashews in a sieve and rinse. Pound in a mortar (or blender). Add the remaining ingredients as you go. Taste and add more sweetener or water if necessary.

The plums can be served warm or cold with the cashew cream.

Davidson's plum sauce
Cinnamon biscuits filled with Davidson plum jam

Davidson's plum sauce

get
1 kg Davidson's plums, images of the Australian rainforest tree
1kg organic raw sugar
1 cup water

do
Place the plums with the water in a large pot. Boil. Allow to cook for 15 minutes until the plums break down.
Press the plum mass through a fine sieve to remove the seeds, so that a smooth sour liquid is formed. Return it to the stove and reheat.
Add the sugar and allow to simmer for 10 minutes until the sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally.
Use less or more sugar according to your preference (see tip below).
Bottle it up in jars or bottles and store in the fridge.
Serve cold with yoghurt or ice cream on a hot day.

tip
Because Davidson's plums are extremely sour - too sour to even try to eat raw - they need a lot of sugar. It is always good to reduce sugar wherever possible, but in this recipe quite a lot is used. You can try to cut it back, but test the sauce while preparing it otherwise it may be too sour for you or your friends to eat.

The plums can be frozen for several months before using them in this way. It also is very delicious with ice cream or yogurt.

See also
Davidson's Plums with Cashew Cream

Image 1. Plum sauce 2. Biscuits with Davidson's jam/sauce, Davidson's plum and leaf