Top Fuyu Persimmon Recipes

These top Fuyu persimmon recipes include everything from a beautiful salad and a spiced cake, to roasted pork and baked brie. Though there are many persimmon varieties which we'll touch on, I'm highlighting Fuyus here.

Below are several absolutely delicious Fuyu Persimmon Recipes, and they are not to be missed when this beautiful fruit is in season. And their season happens to coincide with the fall and winter holidays.

Persimmon recipes are so festive for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and they always make for a stunning presentation.

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• The Best Fuyu Persimmon Recipes
• Differences in Persimmon Varieties
• How to eat a Persimmon
• How to Tell if a Persimmon is Ripe
• When are persimmons in season?

The Best Fuyu Persimmon Recipes

Persimmon-Bacon Baked Brie

The mouth-watering appetizer is always a crowd pleaser.

Spiced Apple Persimmon Cake

This delicious fall and winter cake is perfect for breakfast with your coffee, a snack and dessert. It's an anytime cake!

Persimmon Salad with Honey-Glazed Pistachios

This fall and winter salad is so beautiful and delightful.

Persimmon Prosciutto Pork Tenderloin

An unforgettable savory persimmon recipe.

Persimmon Preserves with a Kick

Delicious on toast, in recipes, and as a part of a beautiful show-stopping cheese board.

Ginger Persimmon Bread

Loaded with warming spices, this bread is lovely with a creamy cup of coffee in the morning.

Differences in Persimmon Varieties

There are dozens and dozens of varieties of persimmons. The most common in the U.S. are Fuyu Hachiya.

Hachiya Persimmon. Native to China and Japan, this persimmon has a slightly elongated shape, and needs to be completely ripe when eaten because they are very astringent. If they're at all firm, they will leave an unpleasant feel in your mouth. When they’re ripe they’re delicious and super soft — so soft that you might even think they’re over-ripe.

Hachiyas are often used in baked goods and are fabulous mixed into yogurt, over ice cream (my favorite), or even eaten right out of the skin.

They are not great for eating out of hand.

Fuyu Persimmons. This variety is also native to Japan and China, are another non-astringent variety. They’re sweet, delicious and ripe when they’re firm. They have a squat, round shape.

Fuyus are wonderful for all sorts of cooking, baking, and eating out of hand. Of all the persimmon varieties, I seem to use this one the most.

And not quite as well known, the Cinnamon persimmon is also amazing:

Cinnamon Persimmons. These are often called Percinnamons, are native to China and Japan also, and get their name from their lightly speckled flesh. This variety can be likened to both the Fuyu and Hachiya combined with a sprinkling of cinnamon. Their shape is somewhere between elongated and squat and round.

They're super delicious to eat on their own or in salads. I find them to be fairly interchangeable with Fuyus.

And now, the star of the show — the Fuyu! (Today, anyway.)

How to eat a Persimmon

As I mentioned above, the Fuyu and Cinnamon persimmons are both great eaten out of hand.

You can bite right into them like an apple. The skin is thin, somewhat soft and eatable. That said, if you prefer them without the skin, use a paring knife to remove it.

Hiyachas on the other hand, are best in baked goods or spooned over things when they're super ripe.

Fuyus and Cinnamon persimmons can be sliced just like an apple.

How to Tell if a Persimmon is Ripe

• Fuyu Persimmons are ripe when they have just a little bit of give when gently pressed. They can even be considered ripe when firm.
• Hachiya Persimmons are super soft when they're ripe.
• Cinnamon Persimmons are great when they're both, slightly firm or a bit soft.

All three of these persimmon varieties are an orange or orange-red color, and are beautiful!

Below are my top Fuyu Persimmon recipes, and in most of them, Cinnamon Persimmons can also be used.

When are persimmons in season?

Most varieties are in season approximately from October through January.

Here's an extra Fuyu persimmon treat from Shockingly Delicious -- you must go check out her delicious Persimmon Tart.

I hope you've learned a bit about some of the different persimmon varieties and that you try at least one of my top Fuyu persimmon recipes.

Enjoy!