Prune

Pruneau

What it is

The pruneau d'Agen comes from the ente plum, grafted from a variety crusaders brought back from Syria. It is dried in ovens rather than the sun, and Lot-et-Garonne still lives on it.

In the kitchen

It belongs with pork and rabbit as much as with dessert. Southwest France has always treated it as a savoury ingredient.

Goes with

Rabbit Thyme Pork Cream Bay leaf Dark chocolate Orange Lard

Same species

Bergeron apricot Almond Almond flour Almond oil Amardine Amarena cherry in syrup

Also used with

Caul fat Stuffed duck neck Da Hong Pao Floc de Gascogne Keemun Wild rabbit

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