Mirabelle plum
Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca · Stone fruit
Top 10 pairings
The Mirabelle is the smallest and sweetest of the European plums — a marble-sized, perfectly round golden-yellow fruit, often freckled with red on its sunny cheek, that tastes intensely honeyed and floral when ripe. Picked over a fleeting late-summer window, it is the prized fruit of Lorraine in north-eastern France, where it is eaten fresh, baked into tarts and distilled into a celebrated eau-de-vie.
Picking a good onedrag
Hard and tartSoft and winey
Just ripeBuy itIt gives at the tip but slices clean off the stone. Bake it in tarts, grill the halves or roast it.
Skin and bloomDeep even colour, bloom intact
FleshSprings at the tip, no dents
Stem hollowColour runs into the hollow
SmellFaintly sweet up close
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What you get from one
94%
Edible part
66 g · stone out, skin on
70 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 5× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Loose, single layer
Airflow