I know I said I am discontinuing this site, BU, I just had to share these recipes.
I went to The Village Larder in Woodend last nite. At the end of the meal (I was the seond last to leave as ususal), the waitress aked me if I would like a Kg or two of blood plums - of course I would! As I was putting them in a bag, she told me that she was a yong mum, had two children and apart from stewing these plums, she didn't know what else she could do with them. And there was only so many stewed plumbs kids could bear.
Here's some ideas..
PLUM ICYPOLES
Don't worry about fancy icy-pole moulds, just ordinary iceblock moulds are best. Stew the plums with sugar or honey to taste, blend the stewed plums and put the mush into the moulds, put them in the freezer to part set and then push icy pole sticks (or straws cut in half), into the almost frozen mush. Return to the freezer and when they are really hard, turn them out into plastic bags, and repeat this until you have run out of mush. These icy poles in plastic bags will keep forever if your children can learn to leave them alone.
PLUM PANCAKES
Gluten Free pancake mix from Coles makes a fantastic white, fluffy gluten free pancake. I like the mixed grain and buckwheat variety from orgran, but kids like "clean" pancakes. Put the stewed plums over the top and then top with yoghurt. A great dessert, or even a lovely Sunday lunch. Dont forget that you can make the whole batch of pancakes and the ones you don't plan to use immediate you can cling-wrap in single serves and put in the freezer.
I have catered for pancake parties for 60 effortlessly this way. You can cook the pancakes in advance, sweet and savoury, and make the toppings ahead of time too. Reheat the pancakes and warm the toppings on the day. Simple. No-one doesn't like pancakes!
DRIED PLUMS
I have a dehydrator and as we speak I have plums drying. I prepared two bags of dainty slices for drying, the stones and extras I put in the microwave and stewed. If you have a combustion stove you can dry the plums overnight either on trays or on strings.
PLUM CAKE DESSERT
Put drained stewed plums on the bottom of a microwave (donut) cake mould. Add half a premixed GF cake mix (Save the other half for later) - mix a bit dryer than directed on the packet. Cook for 7 minuteson high, turn over and serve with cream or GF custard.
I can keep on making plum suggestions. How about you send some to me.....?
