Summer

The summer harvest season is finally here. Summer means a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are ripe and ready, providing fresh local flavors in abundance.

Vanilla Scented Plums and Blackberries

Time required:
Serves: 5
Vanilla Scented Plums and Blackberries


    Ingredients

  • 4 large firm but ripe plums (preferably Santa Rosa plums), halved, pitted, cut into ⅓-inch- thick wedges

  • 1½ cups fresh blackberries

  • 6 tablespoons sugar

  • ½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise

    Preparation

  1. Combine fruits and sugar in medium bowl. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Toss to coat. Let stand at room temperature until juices form, tossing occasionally, about 1 hour.

  2. DO AHEAD Can be made 3 hours ahead. Cover and chill.