Plums In Red Wine
Plums and red wine are as good if not better than pears and red wine. Slow cooked like this they taste just like the mulled wine you have at Christmas
Serves 4
Ingredients
500g (1lb 2 oz) red plums
100g (3 1/2 oz) soft brown sugar
2 star anise
4 cloves
300ml (10 fl oz) shiraz or other intensely fruity red wine
Vanilla ice cream to serve
Method
Run a knife round each plum and twist to pull each half apart. Pull out the stone
or work a knife round it and cut it out. Arrange the plum halves in a single layer
in a large ovenproof dish. Tuck the star anise and cloves round the dish then sprinkle
the sugar over the plums. Pour over the wine over the dish evenly then bake in a
moderate oven (180 C/350F/Gas 4) for about 50 minutes until the plums have turned
jewel-
David’s Recipe
Serves 4
Plums 450 g
Sugar soft brown 120g
Cinnamon stick 1-
Cloves 4
Red Wine 300mls
Method
Wash plums; score around twice with a sharp knife.
Place wine, sugar, cinnamon and cloves into slow cooker. Switch on allow wine to warm up. Add plums, cook for 1hour 15mins approx Basting with a little wine from time to time.
At the end of cooking time, remove some wine and reduce it by boiling.
Serve plum in desert bowls Pour hot reduced wine over plums. Serve with ice cream or whatever.