Dried persimmons are sweet and chewy like jelly candies. In Korea the fresh fruit is harvested in the fall, tied with string, and hung to air-dry. A whitish bloom on their surface indicates that they are dry and sweet. Besides cooking with them, you can eat them by themselves as a snack.

They are a little hard to find outside of Korea, try Asian markets and choose large, plump persimmons that are not discolored. They will keep in the freezer for a few months.

Posted on Saturday, April 19th, 2008. Last updated on April 14, 2020.
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Recipes that use dried persimmons (gotgam):

8 Comments:

  1. sanne Munich joined 8/14 & has 312 comments
    Posted March 9th, 2022 at 11:41 am | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

    Our Turkish supermarket just around the corner (Marbachstraße 1, Albert-Roßhaupter-Straße 9, 81369 München – that’s Munich, Bavaria, Germany) has them at the moment!
    From Turkey, but not too dry and just plain delicious!
    Price: Euro 3,49/400g

    1. sanne Munich joined 8/14 & has 312 comments
      Posted March 9th, 2022 at 11:43 am | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

      The other side:

  2. Alste USA joined 2/12 & has 1 comment
    Posted February 26th, 2012 at 5:15 pm | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

    How do I eat dried persimmons?

    1. Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 10,893 comments
      Posted February 27th, 2012 at 10:45 am | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

      Take a bite and chew just like dried apricots or mangoes! yum yum : )

  3. mahyazmama OKC joined 3/11 & has 2 comments
    Posted March 6th, 2011 at 12:25 pm | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

    oh yes. Mochi ice cream sounds so good! I like the strawberry ice cream filled mochi! mmmmmm so good! If I knew how to make them, I’d weight a thousand lbs! haha

  4. lee2 comments
    Posted September 6th, 2009 at 11:56 am | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

    can you buy these at any asian stores?

    1. Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 10,893 comments
      Posted September 6th, 2009 at 2:42 pm | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

      I usually get dried persimmons at a Korean store, but sometimes find at a Chinese store in China town.

      1. lee2 comments
        Posted September 6th, 2009 at 6:47 pm | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

        oh okay
        – i wanted to request if you can make mochi(ice cream)
        if you can tho!

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