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Stewed plums

Quick and simple, stewed plums can also be spread like jam.

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Last modified on: June 27^th 2010

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For 1 kg, you will need:

1 1 kg plums
2 400 g caster sugar
3 ½ lemon
4 4 tablespoons water
Total weight: 1,525 grams

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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.

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.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

If you don't like the skin, you can pass the stewed fruit through a sieve pushing it through with a maryse.

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.

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg : 3.77 €

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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: Clafoutis-style plum financier , Smart plum tart, How to freeze plums, Autumn apple and plum crumble pie, Angevin plum pâté, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon tart, Mousse with two chocolates, Quince compote, Lemon creams, Oaty walnut cake , ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramel semolina pudding with raisins, Spaghetti Bolognese, Morel risotto with Vin Jaune and Mont d'Or, Seeded loaf, Italian hot chocolate , ... All
	Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushrooms à la grecque, Strawberries with mint and cream, Stewed apple (compote), Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, Glazed mushrooms with plain rice, ... All

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