Damson recipe ideas please.

Gin

I'm going to make gin. I picked loads too and did try stewing them. They were delicious but very small and I worried about the stones and my teeth!!! Gin I think will not be a problem....

Chutney is always popular in our house. There are loads of recipes on the internet.

Kiwiqueen123

I'm going to make gin. I picked loads too and did try stewing them. They were delicious but very small and I worried about the stones and my teeth!!! Gin I think will not be a problem....

I wasn't sure whether the damsons should be cooked with or without the stones. I opted to remove the stones before and was pleased that I had done so. They came away easily by cutting around the flesh, twisting apart and picking out the stone.
I don't drink alcohol so gin no good for me!

I don't drink, but do make gin for Christmas presents. It's dead easy. If you use frozen damsons there's no need to prick the skins

Jam! Best ever jam is damson.

Chocolatelovinggran

Jam! Best ever jam is damson.

Yes, damson jam is lovely!

Damson pie or I have heard of damson cheese

Damson ice cream is pretty good, if you make it with pureed fruit, the stones come out after they've been cooked and if you use the condensed milk + double cream method, there's no worries about ice crystals forming so it's really easy.

Damson Crumbles are yummy, we have three in the freezer and already have eaten loads!
Damson Chutney and Damson Jam are easy to make loads of recipes online. Good Luck.

When i was a child we had 4 damson trees so always had a lot of damson food. Sadly, they are getting as rare as hens teeth these days.

damson jam
damson cheese
damson crumble/pie
damson ice cream
damson syrup for ice cream etc
damsons preserved in kilner jars for winter baking

Stewed with lots of sugar. Mine don't come off the stone. Very tart.
With cream or ice cream or on your weetabix with milk.

Damson vodka is another delight especially as a cocktail topped with soda or lemonade 😋

Damson crumble?

Another vote here for damson crumble, I left a productive damson bush at my old house and am thinking I need one here, though I'm not sure if it would grow in a large pot against the wall.

Weve got loads must be the best year ever for them - damson chutney is delicious .

When we make sloe gin, we use the remaining fruit and stir it into melted chocolate (good quality, of course) let it set in a tray, absolutely gorgeous. I’m sure damsons would be just as delicious.

Freeze them and use them in the depths of winter.
I have also made”naughty” damson and dark rum jam. Very popular for Christmas presents.🎁

Good recipe for damson chutney on Delia.

I’ve made damson cheese. Pour into small bowls to set. Nice at Christmas,,turn it out, slice it, pour some port over , add whipped cream. Or just slice, and put with the cheese board. Guess which I prefer…

I love damsons -they are so versatile.
I've made crumbles ,pies ,jams and .chutneys with them .
I've also made a sauce for vanilla ice cream and instead of oranges I've used them for a sauce with duck .
I haven't tried it -but as I put apricots into brandy I think that damsons would be good as well .

Damsons have a lovely taste but very underrated and not that well known anymore.

Damson jam iis delish
Not mad on getting them.from a public space though. Dogs peeing up trees etc.
Maybe dirty people tooling the fruit.

Anyway hope you enjoy this lovely fruit

Dogs peeing up trees?
I was brought up in a damson producing Valley in the Lake District, I had to pick the darn things every night after school, but I've never seem a dog pee up a tree.
Wasps were the main problem, and little blemish in a fruit and the wasps were there getting drunk from the juice.
Unless they are very ripe we always cooked them stones-in, then we could play "tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Sailor" or "Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief" with the stones.

SEEN a dog .....