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blufawn



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 10 3:34 pm    Post subject: Plum Glut Reply with quote
    

I don't think I have ever cooked a plum recipe but my new house has two plum trees, any suggestions?

Bebo



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 10 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Plum crumble. Nigel Slater has a nice recipe for plum cake as well.

gil
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 10 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Plum jam or chutney.

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 10 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Plum wine. Not technically cookery I suppose but worth a go if you've got lots.

Nicky cigreen



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 10 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

plum cobbler

yum

welsh lamb



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Braised pork with plums is lovely https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/12841/braised-pork-with-plums

I have made it several times - I treble the volume of plums - it freezes well too

Bebo



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

welsh lamb wrote:
Braised pork with plums is lovely https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/12841/braised-pork-with-plums

I have made it several times - I treble the volume of plums - it freezes well too


Thank you for that. I'm trying to reduce the contents of the freezer ready for the next influx of pig. That'll remove a lump of pork and some of the bags of plums that are in there.

blufawn



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Are plums ok frozen then? How long do they last in the freezer

Bebo



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

blufawn wrote:
Are plums ok frozen then? How long do they last in the freezer


Fine if you are using them to cook with later (i.e in a crumble where they go all squidgy anyway).

I stone them first before bagging them up in portion sizes and then freeze. I also bottled some last week, but find bottling to be too much faffing about to be honest.

perlogalism



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Plums in Brandy

We split ours and de-stone them, then freeze on trays before moving into big re-sealable jars. That way you can just pour as many as you need out at a time.

Chickens & Pigs like the ones we don't.

There's no such thing as too many plums!

vegplot



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We had stewed plums with yoghurt for breakfast.

ros



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Woodsprite has a terrific recipe for plum sauce/HP taste-alike

it maybe on the site somewhere ..........

bernie-woman



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

HFWs roast plum sorbet is lovely - recipe is here

jamanda
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 10 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Go to the recipe section (top right of screen, third leaf down).

Put "plum" into the first box. Leave the others empty.

There's a few nice idea in there.

gil
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 10, 10 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

blufawn wrote:
Are plums ok frozen then? How long do they last in the freezer


Plums freeze very well, and keep for ages. I don't bother to de-stone mine before freezing (though other people may).

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