Like plums, you can use the related plums in many different ways: enjoy them on their own, make them into jam or liqueur, or use them in cakes and sweet dishes. But before you can enjoy the culinary delights, you have to pit the fruit. This task is easier with damsons than with plums - but in principle you proceed in exactly the same way with the two varieties. Our step-by-step instructions briefly introduce you to the two common variants.

Sometimes plums really cling to their stone

How to pit plums

Basically you have two options to stone your plums:

  • with an appropriate destoner
  • with a knife and by hand

Process the plums with a stoner

Pitters especially for plums are sometimes difficult to find. But you can just take a device intended for plums. Even if plums are a bit smaller than plums, the tong-like utensil works with both fruits. Good quality models are available from around ten euros.

How to proceed:

  1. Place a bowl in front of you to work over. She's supposed to catch the kernels.
  2. Place the first plum lengthways in the tip of the tongs.
  3. Then squeeze the pliers together.
  4. The destoner drills through the plum and pushes out the stone.
  5. Repeat the process with the other plums.

Pit the plums with a knife and by hand

While a stoner is best for people who enjoy plums often, you can also use the manual method for those who consume them infrequently.

  1. Wash the plums carefully.
  2. Now dry the fruit with kitchen paper. This will reduce the smoothness and slipperiness of the surface.
  3. Take the first plum and a short paring knife.
  4. Then place the knife on the tip of the plum.
  5. Cut around the fruit in one go - along the indentation to the stone.
  6. Turn the cut halves of the plum against each other.
  7. The stone usually detaches very easily and falls out. Otherwise, simply remove it by hand. If he doesn't give in, help him carefully with the knife.
  8. Repeat the steps described for all other plums.

Note: Pitting is sometimes used in connection with plums. But: plums are (like plums) stone fruits and therefore contain a stone (no stone). That's why you should always talk about pitting here.

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