Plum Kernel Oil

[Matthew Grant]

Anybody know where I can get Plum Kernel Oil in London or the UK? I think it may also be known as Prune Kernel oil.

Edited July 21, 2005 by Matthew Grant (log)

[fisherman]

have you tried google? i just typed the three magic words in and came up with 3 suppliers straight away. they seemed biased to the aromatherapy market, but straight plum kernel oil is the same whether from a culinary supplier or an aromatherapy supplier

[UkFoodie]

Do tell.... What are you usign Plum Kernel Oil for?

I have a love of all things oil....

[Pweaver1984]

Because of their similarity in composition and properties, palm kernel oil has similar uses to coconut oil in both the edible and non-edible fields. There are, however, some small differences. Palm kernel oil is more unsaturated and so can be hydrogenated to a wider range of products for the food industry, while coconut oil has a somewhat greater content of the more valuable shorter-chain fatty acids, which makes it a little more valuable for the oleochemical industry.

Source : http://www.fosfa.org

[fisherman]

thats fascinating, but this thread is about PLUM kernel oil ;)

[Pweaver1984]

HaHa!

Sorry Guys, what an idiot.

Shall hang my head in shame.........

[Matthew Grant]

have you tried google? i just typed the three magic words in and came up with 3 suppliers straight away. they seemed biased to the aromatherapy market, but straight plum kernel oil is the same whether from a culinary supplier or an aromatherapy supplier

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I can't find anybody that seems to sell it in small quantities and I am loathe to buy it from an aromatherapy supplier unless they can gurantee its safety for culinary uses.

I want to make a Lobster dish in the Michel Bras cookbook.

Prune Oil

[fisherman]

i appreciate your concern, but if it's 100% PKO (as i have just christened it) then it's going to be safe. did you check the suppliers that came up on google? one of them (about 4th down) did mention culinary use

[Matthew Grant]

Olga Köszeghy at Orchedeus has mailed me with the following details

Prune oil is used to add a finish accent to food preparations and has the delicate flavour and taste of marzipan . It was adopted early by the food service industry in France for its ability to replicate the taste of bitter almond oil and provide a stronger almond flavour to sweets.

But the use of prune oil goes beyond sweets and also capitalises on the growing trend for "new oils" pioneered by restaurants and food companies looking for original tastes in food : It can be drizzled over entrées , incorporated into marinades , used as an ingredient in bakery , ice creams, dressings, sauces with meats, fish or sea food.

Prune kernel oil will be distributed in U.K from mid-August by The Oil Merchant and we will attend the London Fine Food Show (at Olympia) from September 4-6 2005.

They have also provided a list of restaurants currently using the the oil:

Chilled soup of summer fruits perfumed with prune oil, green verveine crème brulée (Les fresques , Bordeaux) Prune oil passion fruit cake on an almond “calisson“ biscuit (Chez Ruffet, Pau) Red Fruit Turnovers on a Prune Oil ice cream (Le Mas des Oliviers , Nice) Lobster roasted in honey vinegar and prune oil (La chartreuse, poilly) St. Jacques Shells carpaccio drizzled with prune oil (Marriotat, Agen) Lobster drizzled with a blender vinaigrette of apple juice and prune oil (Michel Bras, Laguiole) Green asparagus and prune oil truffe cream (Michel Bras - Toya , Japan) Veal meat and a selection of vegetables perfumed with prune oil (Ledoyen, Paris) Duck liver roasted in prune oil with an almond duck sauce  (Marriotat, Agen) Saint Jacques shells , salad with an emulsion of du puy lentils dressed with prune oil (Meridien hotel Brussels) Ray fish. Prune oil & green plums chutney (Soleil et pistou , Neuilly) Lobster and foie gras prune oil salad (Jarasse) Chocolate cream perfumed with prune oil (Käfer Germany) Prune oil Banana muffin with chocolate chips (Gegenbauer , Austria) Roasted Fillet of Salmon.Roquette and Water Cress Risoto with a Plum Oil (The Amberley Inn, Gloucester, Uk) Almond and prune oil crème brulée with sheep milk yoghurt Ice cream (Restaurant Atelier, Newtown, Australia) Almond Jelly with Crab, Almond Gazpacho, Prune Oil & Sweet Corn Custard (Marque restaurant, Surrey Hills , UK) Prune and Armagnac Clafoutis with prune nut Oil ice Cream (The Berkeley Square , London, UK) Strawberry salad  with prune oil (Futterboden , Vienna, Austria)Yellow pickerel filet roasted with prune oil, asparagus risotto on a champaign sauce (Gasthof Bäuerle , Kornwestheim, Germany)Royal crab and avocado salad perfumed with prune oil (Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo , Japan)...

Latest: Elbulli restaurant , Roses  (spain). Chef adrià Ferran.

Since march 25, 2005.

[fisherman]

that would be the 3rd one down (which is near enough 'about 4th down') on the google list then, thanks for your help jon

[Matthew Grant]

that would be the 3rd one down (which is near enough 'about 4th down') on the google list then, thanks for your help jon 

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???? 5th one down 2nd page for me!!!!!

[grahamR]

Turn on your safe search?

[Matthew Grant]

It is on! Taking it off gives the same result. Anyway thanks NOT due to Fisherman as obviously I had done a google search and even with that I haven't tracked down a current supplier based in the UK Edited July 22, 2005 by Matthew Grant (log)

[PoppySeedBagel]

Matthew have you tried asking Comptoir Gascon? They seem to import a fair number of things themselves.

[erica graham]

Have you tried asking MSK in Sheffield- they always seem to be the source of all things unusual and unheard of!!

[Matthew Grant]

I had already asked MSK and they don't stock it. Agreed they do have some unusual stuff.

[battleofthebulge]

Looks like a producer from France will be at the Fine Food Fair in London, beginning of September so they may be selling it there. Takes pride of place on their home page:

http://www.orchedeus.com/aboutus.html

[battleofthebulge]

ooops sorry you already had that