We have an old plum tree in our garden. This year is the first year we’ve been here and we didn’t know what to expect from the tree. It’s been absolutely blooming, full of fruit. The boughs are weighed down to the ground with the weight and I’ve picked many kilos of plums. I don’t have any jam jars so I’ve been cooking the plums and either eating them with ice cream, or making crumble, or freezing the fruit.
I made crumble with some of these, a simple recipe made with plain flour, sugar and butter, rubbed in until mixture resembles breadcrumbs and then cooked on top of the plums for about 30 -40 minutes at 190°C.
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These look wonderful. How fortunate you are to have gotten a fruit tree as part of your move!
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Oh, you are so lucky. Those plums look absolutely beautiful. And what a horrible chore it must be to eat plums on ice cream. I wonder if you can find a freezer jam recipe, so you don’t have to go through the canning process.
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Margaret – Those are lovely ‘photos, and the plums look wonderful. And thanks for the crumble recipe – looks delicious!
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wow, that is a prize to find in the garden!
that last picture made my knees go weak…lol
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Oooh, I love plums — and that crumble looks/sounds delicious!
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How lucky you are to have your tree gifting you with those lovely plums. I love a good crumb too. Lately I’ve been making crisps. Either way, it’s the fruit that’s the star.
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Yummie!
Well, I could probably find some in my own garden, but I am not home right now, and as for plucking, washing and cooking them – don´t know when I last got so far. Our problem is that my husband got diabetes a few years ago, and he is the one who loves sweet stuff :D
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We love plums! Yummy!
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I love plums and the season is over, here in southern Ontario. You’re probably plummed out but it all looks delicious.
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