Persimmons are an under-rated fruit – a lot of people don’t know what to do with them. While they are great eaten raw, just like an apple (they kind of taste like a crunchy melon!), they are also fantastic roasted or baked, for sweet and savoury purposes (yummy with roast pork!)

Are persimmons better cooked?

Plus, how to pick the best persimmon at the store. She says the other, called Hachiya, is high in tannins and cannot be eaten if it’s even a little bit underripe, so it’s better to cook with than consume raw. …

How do you eat or cook persimmons?

Trim the leaves off the top of the fruit and remove the stem, then slice the persimmon in half. Continue slicing the fruit into wedges, removing the black seeds from the center as you see them. Eat the fruit slices raw like an apple, add to a salad or cheese plate, or use in baked desserts.