5 recipes with persimmons

This recipe adds a dash of cinnamon to spice up the mix. Recipe: Persimmon margarita (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Nov. 8, 2013 5:26 PM PT

Fuyu persimmon salad with cumin-lime vinaigrette

Fuyus are the small, crisp persimmons. They’re only slightly sweet, so when paired with an assertive vinaigrette, they make a refreshing salad. Recipe: Fuyu persimmon salad (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Give this bourbon cocktail an extra kick with a pinch of ground Italian espresso. Recipe: The Last Mohican (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Ruby Blackburn Lambert's persimmon pudding

This recipe is best served hot from the oven topped with whipped cream, chopped pecans or -- better yet -- butter pecan ice cream. Recipe: Persimmon pudding (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

This ginger-infused drink adapted from Brian Summers in the Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen has gin, persimmon, ginger, lemon and club soda. Recipe: Diospyros Cup (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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