The damson season is so short that you can blink and miss it. Making your own damson jam ensures that uniquely deep, mysterious flavour is always on hand. If you have your own damson tree ...

Rick Stein uses a food processor to whizz together the topping for his sticky damson cobbler – it's up to the oven to do the hard work. Spread the damsons over the base of a 2 litre/3½ pint ...

As with all fruit trees, it can be quite disheartening when your damson tree isn't bountiful. This is especially true when you have spent time nurturing and caring for your tree all year ...