<h5>Due to the fantastic weather in Switzerland</h5>
<p>, the plum harvesting season started ten to fourteen days earlier than usual. An extremely good harvest is expected; the Swiss Fruit Association predicts a quantity of 1300 tons of plums. They say the quality shall be extremely good because this year the fruits are extremely sweet and larger than usual. All in all, every Swiss family uses approximately 1,5 kilograms of plums per year, that amount does not include all the restaurants, cafès, and bakeries all over Switzerland, preparing a selection of plum dessert on a daily basis, preferred as fresh fruit, prepared as pies or cakes, marmalades or Schnaps.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-8214 alignleft" src="https://www.ulrichkoepf.website/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/zwetschgen112_v-contentxl-e1596878687113.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="337" />The main growing region is in the northwest of Switzerland in the Canton of Basel. Plums should be, predictably, available until the end of October.</p>
<p>I added a variety of possible Plum desserts; a Swiss friend living in South Africa just posted the delicious looking pie he baked. There are a variety of recipes and preparations to use with plums, here are a few examples; Plum Crumble, Plum Streusel Cake, Plum Upside Down Cake, Frangipan-Plum Tart, French Plum Tart, Plum Pie etc.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://assets.afcdn.com/video13/20180615/v539957_31639-pate-brisee-vite-faite-1080-1080-fr-pad-mp4.m3u8">Here is a video of how to make Shortcrust dough the easy wayð</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwjMjbOAqSI.">This video shows you how to make a Plum crumbleð</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200617134313/https://www.ulrichkoepf.website/prune-armagnac-ice-cream-2/">Here is my recipe to make Prune-Armagnac Ice creamð</a></strong></p>
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				Roland Weber&#8217;s Plum Tart in preparation
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				 Plum-Custard Tart
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The early Plum harvest in Switzerland
Roland's Finished Plum Tart