For 1 kg, you will need:
- 1
1 litre 450 ml plums - 2
400 mls caster sugar - 3
½ lemon - 4
4 tablespoons water
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 litre 450 ml plums.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Cut in half, remove the stone, then cut in half again.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Pour 400 mls 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)
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 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Toffee apple upside-down cake, Lemon tart, Strawberry mousse with mascarpone, Pain perdu, Pear compote , ... All |
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