Home » Recipes » Desserts » Persimmon Fool Pudding from Persimmon overload
Jump to Recipe
by Todd + Diane
It’s raining giant fuyu persimmons! and we need some serious help to consume all these clusters of sweet fruit.So it’s the perfect time to make persimmon fool pudding.
Persimmon Fool Pudding Recipe
Our garden mad stashes come at various times throughout the growing season and that means a combination of preserving, canning and giving away garden goodies to friends, neighbors and the mailman. When certain fruits like plums, tomatoes and persimmons start to ripen, it’s like an all out assault of ripe fruit. There’s just no way to eat it all ourselves.
This is our best year ever for persimmons and finally, this tree has found it’s sweet spot in the ground. For the last few years, all the flowers and fruit would fall before anything could mature and we were moaning at the fact that if we were lucky, we’d have 5 persimmons left to ripen and eat.
Last year we finally figured it out, stopped planting our summer herbs directly in the ground above the persimmon’s roots, and we began planting them in pots with the persimmon’s roots covered with landscape fabric and river rock. All the pots have drip lines watering them, giving everything slow, regular water. The persimmon was happy. Last year the fruit held well, giving us a nice little harvest.
However, this year it appears as though the persimmon tree roots found a secret cache of nutrients because we’re now overloaded with more fruit than we can ever imagine. Even with most of the branches supported with stakes to help hold all of the weight, we still had a son-of-a-bitch moment when one of our main branches snapped under the weight of the orange orbs. Now comes the planning of what to do with it all.
Simple Fresh Fruit Pudding
One of the easiest desserts for our persimmons is to make a Persimmon Fool pudding. What’s a persimmon fool? it is a fruit puree folded with whipped cream. Simple and delicious.
Although it easy to think the name “fool” comes from these dessert being so easy to make that even a fool could make them. Mr. T has no need to feel pity, ’cause even the fool can make a fool. But the name actually come from the french verb fouler meaning to press or crush (referring to the fruit being crushed or pureed).
As is our habit, we make this persimmon fool pudding dessert with adults in mind, adding a noticeable amount of alcohol to the persimmon puree. If that’s not your thing or aren’t ready to corrupt your kids, feel free to leave it out and add a touch of vanilla extract.
Happy fall feasting and hope you enjoy this persimmon fool pudding
-Todd and Diane
Sierra protecting the persimmons from possums
Persimmon Fool w/ Dark Rum
Yield: 2 Servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
Total Time: 15 minutes mins
Adjust the persimmon puree to whipped cream ratio to fit your preference. We personally prefer a 2:1 persimmon puree:whipped cream ratio (especially with so many persimmons to eat up), but many like an even 1:1 ratio. Choose for yourself what you like the best. The persimmons should be super ripe and soft. Adjust the sugar amount to sweeten appropriately, as different varieties and when the persimmons are picked will vary their sweetness level.
If you want to leave out the rum, you could substitute 1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract (word of caution-many vanilla extracts will be made with alcohol).
5 from 7 votes
PRINT RECIPE Review Pin It
Ingredients
- 1 cup (235ml) Persimmon Puree
- 3 Tablespoons (45g) Sugar
- 3 Tablespoons (45ml) Dark Rum
- pinch of Sea Salt
- 1 cup Whipped Cream *see note below for making homemade whipped cream
Instructions
Combine persimmon puree, sugar, dark rum and sea salt in a blender and puree until smooth.
Layer the persimmon puree and whipped cream in serving bowls and stir to mix. Put in fridge to chill until ready to serve.
Notes
Persimmon puree is the flesh of ripe, soft persimmons (no skin) which has been blended smooth.
Homemade Whipped Cream: Making homemade whipped cream is super easy and worth the few minutes. Recipe below makes about 1 cup of whipped cream (make sure to use heavy whipping cream (not half and half).
- 1/2 cup (120ml) heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 Tablespoon (8ml) powdered sugar (confectioners sugar)
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5ml) vanilla extract
Combine heavy cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract in a mixer bowl. Whip until it reaches the soft peak stage. If using an electric mixer, whip until nearly the thickness you like, then finish by hand. It will go from just right to over-whipped fairly quickly.
Nutrition Information per Serving
Calories: 370kcal, Carbohydrates: 66g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 23mg, Sodium: 4mg, Potassium: 415mg, Sugar: 25g, Vitamin A: 206IU, Vitamin C: 78mg, Calcium: 63mg, Iron: 3mg
If you like pudding try this creamy rice pudding with butterscotch.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Desserts Food Fruit Garden Recipes Gluten Free Recipes Vegetarian
49 Comments / Leave a Comment »
Subscribe
49 comments on “Persimmon Fool Pudding from Persimmon overload”
-
Molly — December 28, 2023 @ 8:41 pm Reply
Made the purée with just the fruit and a dash of cinnamon and allspice. Made the whipped cream with a couple dashes of salt and about a teaspoon of vanilla extract. No additional sweetener. Our first time having a fool. Delicious! Thank you for the recipe!
-
Todd + Diane — January 2, 2024 @ 4:10 pm Reply
thank you Molly for the feedback. So happy you enjoyed the pudding!
-
-
Linda Lee Miller — October 25, 2013 @ 1:49 pm Reply
How do you make “persimmon puree”?
P.S. Your foodsite is THE BEST !! Also — LOVE your love of DOGS !! (LOVE ’em too!).
-
White on Rice Couple — October 29, 2013 @ 5:39 pm Reply
Thanks Linda.
Persimmon puree is just ripened persimmon pulp blended up until smooth. Enjoy!
-
-
Nik — November 10, 2010 @ 9:47 am Reply
Looks really delicious, beautiful and yummy
-
Jo — November 6, 2010 @ 11:25 am Reply
I adore persimmons! I wish I had a tree like yours (although I can see how it would get overwhelming!)
-
nicole — November 5, 2010 @ 10:10 am Reply
I saw your tweets about your branch snapping! I felt so bad. I hope that you enjoyed your fool!
-
Whitney — November 3, 2010 @ 4:49 am Reply
I need some more persimmon ideas!! I just went persimmon picking in Pala down near Temecula and we brought back 30 pounds… and i really want something delicious in my tummy 🙂 help me think of some things please 🙂
-
Soma — November 2, 2010 @ 5:28 am Reply
You guys live in a paradise! or rather made yourself one. Such bounty!! We have to plant some fruit trees around our yard, and there can be no better inspiration than this.
The pudding sounds so I want more kind and your photographs always make me weak in the knees. Beautiful!
