Kakadu plum is a small deciduous tree found growing wild extensively throughout remote north western Australia. Due to its location and the fast deterioration of the fresh fruit in the tropical climate it is usually frozen or freeze dried to maintain its goodness.
The greatest use of kakadu plum fruits is for gourmet jams, sauces, juices, ice-cream, cosmetics, flavours and pharmaceuticals.
Taste Australia Bush Food Shop sells freeze dried powder (whole fruit including the seed dried and ground into a powder)
Kakadu Mousse Shots –
Melt 150gm white chocolate. Whip 4 egg whites with one third cup sugar until soft peaks form. Then add 2/3 cup cream and whip until thick. Add 30gm Kakadu Plum Powder, Tbspn Vodka (optional) and the chocolate. Pour into shot glasses and chill for 2 hours.
http://www.bushfoodshop.com.au/kakadu-plum-powder/
Kakadu Plum & Fig Tiramisu (serves 2)
1 packet of Dollop Cream
4 Sponge Fingers
100ml freshly brewed espresso coffee
4 tspns of Fig & Kakadu Plum Mix (see below)
2 tspns Cadbury Drinking Chocolate
Assembly instructions for each serve
Break one spring finger in half and place in bottom of small dessert dish.
Pour 25ml of coffee over the top
Spread a tspn of Fig and Kakadu Plum mix on each finger half, then spread cream over the top. Repeat once more and finish with a sprinkling of drinking chocolate.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Fig & Kakadu Plum Mix-
Cook 200gm of Kakadu Plum in water to cover plus a half a cup of sugar. Deseed.
Add the flesh and the syrup to 250gm of Whole Fig Jam.
Pickled Kakadu Plums with Lemon Myrtle
100g Kakadu plums
2 Fresh Lemon Myrtle Leaves
Juice and zest of 1 orange
30gm Rice vinegar
25gm sugar
30gm onion – diced 5mm
2 tsp (6g) Ginger julienne
1 red chilli – chopped fine
Bring all these ingredients briefly to the boil covered.
Simmer gently just a few minutes to soften the plum flesh.
Pack into sterile jars.