Salad with plums and arugula

In late summer when the plum tree branches are heavy with fruit, there is nothing better than a refreshing salad with plums and arugula.

I am one of the fortunate people who have a plum tree in the garden, and in late summer there is no end to the sweet, ripe fruit. I eat them for breakfast and snacks, bake them in cakes and prepare plum sorbet, ice creams,  jams and preserves, and the rest end up in the salad bowl. Preferably in a salad with plums and arugula, because the sweet and bitter flavours suit each other perfectly. Especially, when you add a little hazelnut crunch and Parmesan saltiness. Yum.