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Print recipe Baked spiced aromatic plums from Anon |
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Ingredients1kg plums300ml red wine 2 bay leaves ½ tsp ground cinnamon 2 cloves 1 star anise (never had one to use!) Seeds from 4 cardamom pods or ¼ tsp ground cardamom 200g honey |
Handy Hintnever had a star anise to use! |
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MethodHeat oven to 160C. Need shallow baking dish that will fit plums halved in one layer.Halve plums, remove stones and lie in dish, cut side down. Put all other ingredients in saucepan and bring to boil. Pour over plums, cover dish tightly with foil (or lid if it has one) & bake for one hour or till plums tender. Serve with Barbados cream | |||||||||||||||||||
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