Got a lot of plums you need to use up? Here’s a fresh fall take on classic peach cobbler! You don’t have to peel the plums for this recipe, and if you prefer a less sweet flavor cut the sugar back to a half cup. Easy and delicious with a warm, biscuit topping, feel free to top with vanilla ice cream or fresh whipped cream and sprinkle with more cinnamon for an impressive dessert. Ingredients: 14 Hale Groves Empress Plums (or enough to make 4 cups when seeded and sliced) ¾ + 2 Tbsp. sugar 2 Tbsp. cornstarch 1 tsp.…
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Continue ReadingYou may have been seeing plums in stores for a month or so, now, but our plums – Empress Plums from Hale Groves – reach their peak in September. Before we focus on just how special Empress Plums are, we’ll answer a few questions about plums in general: What is…
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Continue ReadingThere may be a lot of ingredients to assemble, but the incredible flavor and easy preparation that go into this fabulous roast chicken, dressed up with caramelized plums, make it worth it. Sure to be a hit at your next holiday or Sunday dinner, this roast chicken bursts with flavor…
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Continue ReadingThis traditional Italian plum cake is addictively delicious, and Empress Plums (also known as Italian Plums!) are perfect in it. Best of all, it’s so easy to make you’ll make it again and again throughout Empress Plums’ short season! The tangy-sweet flavor of the plums rounds out the sweetness of…
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Continue ReadingSeptember will soon be here…and so will Empress Plums from Hale Groves! Empress Plums are pure, plummy perfection, but plum season is (alas) quite short, so you will want to make sure you don’t miss it. Also known as Italian Prune Plums, Empress Plums are less round than other plums…
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Continue ReadingWhat Goes Well with Plums? Have you been indulging your taste buds this summer with fresh, tangy-sweet plums? Plum season takes on new meaning in September, when Empress Plums are ready to eat! Empress Plums are the best plums when it comes to cooking (and eating fresh, too, but we…
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Continue ReadingIf you’re anything like us, you’re ready for summer to be over – goodbye, hot, humid weather, bring on cooler temps, colored leaves, and pumpkin spice everything! At first glance that might sound funny coming from a fruit company, but fruit grows year-round, so there’s always something fresh and new…
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Continue ReadingIs the heat getting you down? Getting enough water every day is important for keeping your body functioning correctly, and your body needs even more water when the temperature goes up – especially if you’re outside in it, playing or exercising. It’s easy to go about your day without thinking…
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Continue ReadingApples and pears might be the first fruits to come to mind when you think of autumn, but no fall fruit basket would be complete without fresh, juicy plums! After apples, plums are the world’s most cultivated fruit, and no wonder – plums (like Empress Plums from Hale Groves) are…
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Continue ReadingQuick and easy to make and just 25 calories per one tablespoon, this late-summer jam explodes with citrusy flavor! Enjoy it in place of grape jelly on toast, English muffins, or fresh, homemade biscuits. Ingredients: 4½ lbs. Hale Groves Empress Plums, chopped 1 c. orange juice 1 package (1¾ oz.)…