Roasted Plum Parfait with Lemon Curd
Doesn’t roasted plum parfait sound delicious? Well you wouldn’t be far wrong. It’s a light and fresh tasting summer dessert made with layers of roasted plums and a mixture of yoghurt, cream and lemon curd.
Unless you’re lucky enough to be somewhere you can pick plums straight off a tree, I usually find that shop bought ones aren’t that ripe and are better cooked. I had some beautiful looking plums in my Delicado48 box, but I’m guessing they must have been in cold storage as it’s hardly plum season now.
Roasting, I reckoned was the way to go and as it was a Sunday, we had a roast, the only difference being ours was a plum parfait roast.
Roasted Plum Parfait with Lemon Curd
Much like most vegetables, roasting brings out the flavour of many fruits and it works particularly well with stone fruit. I roasted the plums in a little coconut oil and a drizzle of maple syrup.
They were very tasty just on their own, but when layered with a mixture of cream, yoghurt and homemade lemon curd to form the roasted plum parfait, they were fabulous. I wanted to keep the flavours as light and fresh as possible, so I didn’t spice this up in anyway, but you could if you wanted to.
An equal mix of whipped double cream and natural yoghurt is my go to for layering on or adding to fruit desserts. It’s something I learned from this Norwegian cream many years ago and it works really well. The cream enriches the yoghurt and the yoghurt adds a bit of tang and lightens the cream.
Other Dessert Recipes Using Plums You Might Like
- Almond plum tart
- Amaretti, plum and white chocolate ripple
- Rose plum upside-down cake
- Victoria plum cake
- Walnut plum pizza
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Roasted Plum Parfait – The Recipe
Roasted Plum Parfait with Lemon Curd
Ingredients
- 4 plums large ones
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 2 tbsp maple syrup*
- 200 ml double cream (heavy cream)
- 200 ml natural yoghurt
- 2 tbsp lemon curd (I used homemade)
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 200℃ (400℉, Gas 6). Place the coconut oil into a small roasting dish and warm in the oven.
- Cut the plums in half and take out the stone.
- Place them in the dish, cut side down and drizzle the maple syrup over the top.
- Roast for a good 20 minutes, turning the plums half way. They should be completely soft and slightly caramelised when finished. Leave to cool a little.
- Whip the cream until it’s just holding it’s shape. Gently stir in the yoghurt and lemon curd. The mixture will thicken, so go lightly.
- Take four small glasses and spoon an eighth of the plum compote into the bottoms, followed by an eighth of the cream mixture. Repeat the layers, reserving a piece of plum for the top.
This is roasted plum parfait is incredibly tasty! It’s light, fresh, and beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Roasting those plums really makes a difference.
This is a wonderful roasted plum parfait and so easy to make! I actually enjoyed mine for breakfast. It’s full of flavor and made with simple ingredients. Love it!
Ah yes, I can see how good it would be for breakfast. Maybe with just yoghurt rather than cream though.
This is the perfect summer dessert! So creamy and indulgent!
Sometimes creamy and indulgent is just what you need.
Went Plum picking, Victoria’s out in the garden… came back in and followed your recipe. We ate these over lunch and they were absolutely wonderful. I’ve never roasted plums before so that was something new and something I’m going to repeat. Thank you.
Yay, so glad you liked the recipe Julia. Roasted plums are a revelation. So envious of your plum tree.
I love this parfait so much! I have a plum tree and was looking for something to create with my plums! This was so delicious!
Ooh, I’m very envious of your plums. Glad you liked the parfait, it makes a bit of a change from jam.
What a beautiful dessert and a simple recipe to follow. This is a great way to use plums.
Thanks Lesley. Plums will be back in season before we know it and you’re absolutely right, this is a delicious way to use them.
These look absolutely amazing! I’ve not roasted plums before but knowing how good peaches taste on a warm griddle pan I can certainly imagine that this tastes fabulous.
Angela x
The sky here is actually bright blue today and I am now longing for the taste of warm peaches.
Ooohhh Plums! But I agree they are only at their best when in season and fresh. Roasted is definitely the way to go in April!
Your parfait looks beautiful though. Love the layers. And the mix of plum and lemon curd sounds so fresh. Yum!
Thanks Kate. It was delicious, fresh tasting as you say, but also lighter than you’d expect.
What a lovely summer dessert! I could eat 5 of these right now!
Haha Sus, although quite light, they are deceptively satisfying.
Oh I love plums! We planted a tree last year and it produced one little plum, I have high hopes we might get enough off it this year to make this!
Oh how lovely. Crossing fingers for you Chris. Mind you, if you have fresh plums, they might be nicer just devoured as they are.
beautiful stuff C… I agree, those ‘ripen in the bowl’ plums are pretty worthless. Sometimes you get one good one maybe and they are best roasted like this. I adore cooked fruit so it’s a win win. Lovely served with lemon curd too… so sherbety xx
Thanks Dom, there is something rather wondrous about cooked plums.
We love plums, but usually just eat them raw or in the salads…this is a great dessert!
Flavoursome ripe plums are delicious raw and best eaten that way, but I find them very hard to get hold of.
Yum, these look delicious. I love this type of dessert too as I’m not a huge cake or chocolate fan.
Not a chocolate fan? Surely my eyes mistake me.
I prefer them cooked, I love their flavour roasted. This is a beautiful recipe and thank you for linking to my plum tart!
My pleasure Aimee – it seems the jury is out and it’s cooked plums all the way.
Roasted plums are divine, so I know i’d love this pudding! I served roasted plums up with pancakes once and it was DIVINE!
Ooh yes, I bet the plums were fantastic with pancakes – lovely idea.
I’m very definitely of the opinion that everything is better roasted! Love the look of this 🙂
Haha Becca, I like your style and I think I’m inclined to agree 🙂
Gorgeous recipe and it looks so pretty. My grandma always cooked with plums, greengages and gooseberries, I think it’s time for a revival of these fruits, they’re so good and healthy. Thank you for sharing my recipe too.
You’re welcome Vicky. You’re so right, I can’t remember the last time I had a greengage. I don’t seem to have any friends or family with a greengage tree 🙁
You’ve combined two of my all time favorites here — yum!!
I’m guessing plums and lemon curd Sue? It’s a rather nice, if not obvious combination.
I’ve always loved plums – my mum’s plum pie was a favourite when I was growing up. Love your presentation here – there’s always something more elegant about a dessert in a glass!
I’m not sure I’ve ever had plum pie, but I now feel I’ve been missing out. And I do agree about desserts in glasses.