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📖 Description
Prunes, prune juice, and the fresh plums that they come from are well known for their digestive health benefits. In fact, the only thing most people know about prunes is that they re supposed to help you go when you re blocked up. But there s so much more to these tasty little fruits. They re considered to be a superfood, a food so full of vitamins, minerals, and other compounds that they can actually improve overall health and wellness when included into your diet, and their benefits extend far beyond the digestive system. Add to that the fact that they re one of the most useful dried fruits for cooking and baking alike, and you can quickly see just how amazing prunes really are.
So what is a prune? Simply put, a prune is a dried plum. The plums chosen are typically the freestone cultivar varieties, plums where the pit is easy to remove and does not cling to the flesh of the fruit. The main cultivar used for prunes is the Improved French variety, although Sutter, Moyer, Imperial, and Italian are also used. Over 99% of all prunes supplied in the US come from plums grown in California in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley where conditions are perfect for plum trees. The fruits are typically picked in August then taken to packaging factories where they are washed and then placed on large wooden trays that move through dehydration tunnels. The end result is a moist, springy dried treat that is extremely sweet and delicious.
Some recipes you will find in this book are:
Prune Torte Prune Muffins Prune and Olive Stuffed Chicken Banana Prune Muffins Beet and Prune Salad Prune Whip Spiced Prune Cake Braised Lamb with Prunes Old Fashioned Prune Cake Prune Filled Cookies Prune Spice Cake Prune Pie Grilled Sausages with Prunes and Bacon Mocha Prune Cake Chocolate Prune Cake Sweet Potato Prune Casserole Moroccan Beef and Prune Tagine Prune Glazed Cake Stewed Prunes Spiced Prune Compote Crock Pot Pork Chops with Prunes Baked Sweet Potatoes and Prunes Prune Banana Smoothie