Jujube Recipes

Hello everyone,

It’s jujube season in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I’m going to a jujube harvest later today with my local Food is Free project. I’ve never cooked with jujubes before and am wondering what folks make with these little sugar fruits. I’m hoping to get a better idea of I want to plant a jujube tree in our garden from the fruits of this harvest.

What do/can you make with jujubes?

I think they taste best right off the tree.  If I had to preserve them I would probably try treating them like apples which we mostly peel, slice, and freeze for pies and stewing later on.

Gray Henon wrote:I think they taste best right off the tree.  If I had to preserve them I would probably try treating them like apples which we mostly peel, slice, and freeze for pies and stewing later on.

They do taste amazing fresh. I went on a gleaning/harvest tonight and the homeowner gifted me a baby jujube tree. I’m so excited!

But I also have a small pile of jujubes for drying. I might preserve them. Maybe stuff them with walnuts and goat cheese later on.