For 1 kg, you will need:
- 0
1 kg plums - 1
400 g caster sugar - 2
½ lemon - 3
4 tablespoons water - Total weight: 1,525 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 23 min. | 15 min. | 38 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Wash 1 kg plums.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Cut in half, remove the stone, then cut in half again.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Pour 400 g caster sugar over, the juice of ½ lemon and 4 tablespoons water.
Cover and put on low heat.
Cover and put on low heat.
Stage 4 - 15 min.
Bring slowly to the boil, and leave to cook for 5 minutes, then remove the lid and cook for a further 5 minutes.
It's ready.
It's ready.
Remarks
Try varying the quantity of sugar depending on how sweet or tart you prefer your stewed plums.
You can use any variety of plums you can find, but do check the flavour, as stewed plums (rather like stewed apricots) often tend to be rather tart.
You can use any variety of plums you can find, but do check the flavour, as stewed plums (rather like stewed apricots) often tend to be rather tart.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,866 Kcal or 16,186 Kj | 21 gr | 946 gr | 0 gr |
| 193 % | 8 % | 89 % | 0 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 254 Kcal or 1,063 Kj | 1 gr | 62 gr | 0 gr |
| 13 % | 1 % | 6 % | 0 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Plums: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Plum and hazelnut crumble, Autumn apple and plum crumble pie, Plum tart, Clafoutis-style plum financier , Smart plum tart, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Italian Meringue, Chestnut cake, Almond tuiles, Tatin apple diplomat tart, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), ... All |
 | Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fillet of beef in a rosemary crust, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Provençal braised carrots, Citrus crunch, Cornmeal baps for Anne, ... All |
 | Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fruit coulis (fruit purée), Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, Light herb sauce, Blanquette of veal, Vol-au-vent, ... All |
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