Because they are fleshy and moist they can be a bit of a challenge, though. The pit is free stone The flesh, although juicy, dries easily in a dehydrator, provided that you keep the air circulating. Italian prune plums are super easy to dry. And the prunes are much easier to make from the bounty than the wine was. The sweet prunes are much better than the wine. They didn’t dry any of the plums into prunes. There was a fragrant sweetness combined with harsh fermentation that permeated the kitchen for a week or two in September, before the must was syphoned from the juice, and the fermenting juice was sealed in a carboy. My step dad harvested the tree and made gallons of wine with the fruit each fall. They were the dominant feature, shading out most of the lawn in the backyard. When I was growing up in Vancouver in the 1970s, we had two old Italian prune plum trees in our back yard. This makes them even more like candy when dried. Prune plums are sweeter than other plums, having a higher sugar content. You will see fruit about 5 years after planting.
You can dry damson plums, golden plums, Japanese plum varieties, European plum varieties, and many other varieties of plums but only “prune plums” will make dried prunes. Other plums are just “dried plums” when dehydrated. Only Italian prune plums, the medium sized deep purple plums make dried prunes. How to dry prune plumsĭried prunes are made from plums. Dried prunes are made from prune plums, also known as Italian plums, and are slightly softer when dried compared to other plum varieties. There are many different varieties of plums and all do well dehydrated.
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