Pickled plums
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 10 Minutes
Instructions:
pour over plums and -let stand several hours. -Bring to boiling Pickled Plums Use 5 pounds plums; wipe with damp cloth and prick several times with large needle. Boil 5-2/3 cups sugar 1 quart vinegar and cloth bag contining 1 ounce whole cloves 1 ounce allspice berries 1 ounce mace and 2 ounces stick cinnamon; pour over plums and let stand overnight. Drain again cook syrup point remove spice bag pack in clean hot jars and seal at once. Approximate yield: 5 pint jars. This recipe was printed before it was recommended to water bath everything but between the fruit and the vinegar I wouldn't think it would be over 10 minutes. Damson Plum Conserve Use 2 pounds plums pitted and chopped 1 orange chopped and cooked 20 minutes in 2 cups water 1/2 cup raisins and 3 cups sugar. When thick add 1/4 cup chopped walnut meats. Approx. yield: 6 (6 oz.) glasses. Plum Butter Use 4 pounds plums; add 2/3 cup sugar for each cup pulp. Approximate yield: 1 1/2 quarts butter. Plum Surprise 2 large oranges 1/4 cup honey 12 plums 1/2 cup shredded coconut 1 cup heavy cream whipped Peel oranges and cut each in 6 slices. Cut plums in quarters removing pits; roll in honey then in coconut. Arrange a slice of orange on each of 6 desert plates; place 4 plum quarters on top and top with cream. Cover with orange slice top with cream and garnish dish with 4 plum quarters. Yield: 6 portions. Brandied Plum Sauce Stew washed plums or prunes in water to cover about 10 minutes or until soft adding sugar to taste when half done; to 1-1/2 cups sauce add 2 tbsp. brandy and serve on ice cream or other desserts. Frozen Plum Pudding 1/4 cup currants 3 tbsp. shredded figs 1/4 cup seeded raisins 1/2 cup maraschino cordial 1/4 cup finely shredded citron 3 tbsp. blanched chopped almonds 12 maraschino cherries chopped 1 quart chocolate ice cream 3 tbsp. shredded dates Wash currants add raisins and steam or simmer in small amount of water 5 minutes or until plump; drain and cool. Marinate all other fruits in maraschino cordial 6 hours; combine fruits and nuts and mix into ice cream. Turn into freezing trays of automatic refrigerator and freeze 2 to 4 hours or until firm. Approximate yield: 3 pints. Sorry about this one. I had it all typed in and realized that there aren't any plums in it. Red Plum Ice Cream 8 red plums 1 tsp. gelatin 3/4 cup sugar 2 tbsp. cold water 1 1/2 cups water 2 tbsp. lemon juice 2 tbsp. corn syrup 1 cup heavy cream whipped Cook plums with sugar and water about 15 minutes or until soft; remove stones and force pulp through sieve. Add corn syrup and gelatin softened in cold water and stir over heat until dissolved; cool. Add lemon juice and fold in cream; turn into freezing tray of automatic refrigerator with temperature control set at coldest point. Freeze 2 to 4 hours or until frozen to the desired consistency stirring once during freezing. Approximate yield: 6 portions.
