"StoneFruit" news and stories

Stone fruit is abundant right now, and while it's lovely to eat a peach, plum or apricot just as it comes, sometimes you get tired of simply eating the fruit out of hand. Cobblers, pies and jams are all fine and good, but sometimes, putting halved fruit on the grill is a simple and delicious way to finish off a barbecue (if you aren't grilling out, it's also wonderful to briefly saute up the halves in a little butter on the top of the stove).

Here Gillian has taken some ripe apricot halves and set them on the grill to soften them up and enhance those sweet fruit flavors. Yum!

Thanks for adding your pic to the pool, Gillian!

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Looking for an easy way to peel that bushel of peaches for jam or the freezer?

Stefania Butler told us how she couldn't love fruit unless it was served with something savory. Well, Stefania, you're not the only one. Sam from Becks & Posh, as her entry in the Tomatilla "Paper Chef" contest, created the most amazing-looking stone-fruit salsa with yogurt cheese. Best of all, instead of peaches, she used pluots. And it's not every day you find a recipe that makes use of the cross between a plum and an apricot. Chopped pluots, mint, red onion, green chile, and lime juice - yum.

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