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Persimmon pudding
Persimmon pudding fresh from the oven.
Type
Pudding
Place of origin
United States
Region or state
Midwest
Main ingredients
Persimmon
Media: Persimmon pudding
Persimmon pudding is a dessert pudding made with persimmons. There is a lot of variety in the recipes, some are made with eggs, others add sweet potatoes or pumpkin. There's no set recipe, although common ingredients include some type of cornmeal or flour, brown sugar or molasses, and spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.[1] Owing to the difficulty of preparing the pulp from wild American persimmons, persimmon pudding is mostly a regional specialty of the Cuisine of the Midwestern United States.[2]
A bain marie can be used to steam the pudding, but it's not necessary and the pudding can be baked at lower temperatures without using one.[3] The recipe traditional to American cuisine is baked or steamed slowly over a long duration, with a little baking soda. The baking soda makes it easier for sugars and proteins to react with each other, altering the color and results in a darker, more flavorful pudding.[4] Replacing the baking soda with baking powder, or shortening the cooking time will result in a lighter orange-colored pudding.[5]
The texture of a classic American persimmon pudding is described as chewy, and similar to a dense gingerbread cake.[6]
The pudding is often served with ice cream, crème anglaise, whipped cream, apple sauce, or hard sauce, which is sometimes called brandy sauce. It is traditionally served warm, though it can be served cold as well. Persimmon pudding lasts quite a while when refrigerated, and may be made in large batches to be served over the course of several days. As the pudding ages the various individual flavors mellow and blend.
Every year at the annual Persimmon Festival in Mitchell, Indiana persimmon pudding is sold with ice cream.[7] It is one of two iconic local dishes in Indiana, the other being sugar cream pie.[8]
It was the most searched for Thanksgiving recipe in the state in 2014.[9]
^Tartan, B. (2000). North Carolina and Old Salem Cookery. Chapel Hill Books. Raleigh, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-8078-6707-5.
^Eddy, Kristin (22 November 1998). "One Peculiar Pudding". Chicago Tribune.
^Fletcher, W.F. (1942). The Native Persimmon. US Department of Agriculture.
^McGee, Harold (2006). "Alkaline or Acid, Proof Is in the Pudding".
^McGee, Harold (2004). On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 367.
^The Old Farmer's Almanac Readers' Best Recipes: And the Stories Behind Them. United States: Yankee Publishing. 2016. p. 237.
^Shemanski, Frances. A Guide of Fairs and Festivals in the United States. Greenwood. p. 54.
^Stuttgen, Joanne Raetz (2007). Cafe Indiana: A Guide to Indiana's Down-Home Cafes. Terrace Books. ISBN 978-0-299-22494-3.
^"The Thanksgiving Recipes Googled in Every State". The New York Times. 2014.
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