Stewed plums

5 from 2 votes

These stewed plums are easy to make and result in wonderfully tender and tasty plums with a lovely syrup. Great for breakfast and more.

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: British

Servings: approx (depending how served)

Calories: 141kcal

Author: Caroline's Cooking

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Ingredients

¼ cup sugar or a little more, as needed
⅓ cup water
2 tablespoon orange juice
½ cinnamon stick
1 lb plums

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Instructions

Place the sugar, water, orange juice and cinnamon stick in a wide pot/pan with a lid. Cover and place over a medium-low heat. Stir now and then to help the sugar to dissolve and slowly bring to a simmer. You only want a relatively low heat so the cinnamon can infuse the liquid and so the sugar doesn't burn.
Meanwhile, wash and cut the plums in half. Look for what seems like a join line or seam on the plum and cut along that as this will be the side of the stone inside. Gently twist the two halves of the plum to split it open then remove the stone, either with your hands or with the help of a knife if needed. Repeat with the rest of the plums.
Once the orange syrup has come to a simmer, add the plum halves in a single layer skin side down. Cover and bring back to a simmer.
Once simmering (or a little stronger is also fine), after around 5 - 10 minutes, remove the lid and allow to cook around another 5 - 10 minutes (so about 15 - 20 minutes in total) until the plums are fully tender. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
You can either serve the plums warm, chilled or room temperature. They work well just as they are, or also great for breakfast over plain yogurt (eg Greek-style), with some granola on the side if you like. Also good eg over pancakes or as a dessert with ice cream.

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Notes

1lb/450g plums is around 5 - 6 medium-large plums, depending on size. You can scale the recipe up as needed, they might just take a little longer if more, and it can be trickier to get a single layer which I think works best for cooking, though is not strictly needed. If you can't forma single layer, carefully rotate plums part way through cooking from top to bottom to help them cook evenly (even with a single layer, you may want to do this if they appear to cook quicker in one part of pot compared to another).

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