Last week I was thrilled to find Italian prunes at our farmers’ market, and I thought I’d repost my recipe for baking them in a galette. I’d always called these succulent fall fruits Italian Prune Plums. But I now have learned, thanks to my friend, John Keegan, that I have been wrong. Here’s what he wrote when I made my original post on October 14, 2013. Thought you would like to know. While many prunes are dried plums, the Italian prune (also known as Italian prune plums) is a prune and not a plum. The name was changed in order for younger people to like the fruit. So the Italian prune was dried into a prune, however it started out a fresh prune not a fresh plum. So there you have it. The galette–a rustic French creation–is one of the best ways to bake these prunes. Here’s the recipe. The window of availability for these fruits is quite short, so don’t dawdle. Make it now!