Step 2: Meanwhile, cut the plums in half and take the seed out. Step 3: Once the pastry is cooked, arrange the plums on it, ...

Dessert: In summer, we enjoy this small, sweet yellow fruit known as the mirabelle! Here, for dessert, we decided to make an extra moist cake that is also very easy to prepare. With the ...

750g Mirabelle plums or damsons or cherries, peaches, nectarines or greengages, in season. 25g pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped or flaked almonds. icing or caster sugar, to sprinkle.

Mirabelle plums are available as young trees grafted on to a selection of different rootstocks and chosen by the nursery for their vigour and manageable size. File photograph: Getty Images .

I wasn't going to write about making Mirabelle plum jam this year as the crop from my one tree was even worse than last year. If you don't know the Mirabelle that's no surprise. This marble-sized ...