This paste is delicious served as part of a cheese platter.
Ingredients
- 750g plums
- Juice of 1 large or two small lemons
- finely grated rind ½ lemon
- pinch of ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup water
- sugar
Method
Place the plums, lemon juice, lemon rind, cloves, cinnamon and water in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally, and cook until the plums are very tender about 30 minutes.
Pour the mixture into a colander that has been placed over a large bowl. Push the mixture through until basically only the pips remain in the colander.
For each cup of the resulting pulp, add ¾ cup of sugar. Bring back to the boil, stirring constantly. Cook over a medium heat for about 40 minutes, stirring often, or until a paste-like consistency is reached. Pour into small warm, sterilised jars and seal immediately.
Yield: about 450ml.
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