Search

"I've had these a lot at B&B's, probably because they're delicious and dependable if the right technique is used. This dish is puffy around the outside and flat in the center offering the perfect nest for sliced fresh fruit. It's airy, light and makes a beautiful presentation. The batter can be made up to a day ahead and refrigerated."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, eggs...

"From Elizabeth Baird's Cook's Own 'Chicken' cookbook, 2006, a copy of which I received in a recent cookbook swap!"

Ingredients: soda crackers, plum sauce...

"Thanks to the Ball Blue Book of preserving."

Ingredients: plums, sugar, water...

"From Country Home Magazine - lovely served with vanilla ice cream!"

Ingredients: eggs, milk, orange peel...

"Found this on-line requested by a fellow Zarrie needed for my Lekvar (LEHK-vahr) Kugel Lekvar Kugel (Prune Plum)( I was able to find it canned. A thick, soft spread made of fruit (usually prunes or apricots) cooked with sugar. This Hungarian specialty is used to fill a variety of pastries and cookies. Lekvar can be purchased in cans or jars in most supermarkets."

Ingredients: lemon juice, lemon rind...

"This is a delicious loaf bread dessert. Not too sweet and the baby food makes it moist."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves, eggs...

"These were a great favourite of mine as a child; after all, how often did we get to have something yummy with fruit for a main course? I make them in late summer when fresh prune plums are plentiful but they can also be made with apricots. Please note that the time required for the dough to rest is included in the cooking time."

Ingredients: egg yolks, milk, plums...

"This quick and easy jam makes only 2 1/2 cups. It makes a wonderful glaze for oven-roasted salmon. 3 cups of plums is about 10-12 plums. This recipe comes from the book Small Batch Preserving by Topp and Howard."

Ingredients: crystallized ginger, granulated sugar...

"The sweet crunchy topping compliments the tartness of the plums. I serve this warm with vanilla ice cream."

Ingredients: cinnamon, margarine, oats...

"Bay leaves lend this spritzer a spicy fragrance that offsets the sweetness of the blueberries and plums. MAKE AHEAD: The syrup can be refrigerated for 1 week.

NOTES Variation:
Pour 2 tablespoons of the berry syrup into a Champagne flute and top with Champagne."

Ingredients: club soda, dried bay leaves...

"We have an old Italian prune tree in the front yard that is usually loaded every year. We fix many of them this way, and have wonderfully sweet, spicy prunes for breakfast all year. We usually spend a whole weekend canning prunes and making apple butter. (another old tree in the yard). Any type plum would most likely work."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, tawny port...

"Delicious way to use summer fruits. Although you can use frozen fruits, I like to use fresh summer fruit in this cake. My favorites are peaches, apricots and plums. Original recipe was printed in Bon Appetit (August, 1981)."

Ingredients: cinnamon, coconut, eggs...

"This is a slightly altered version of a recipe I got from a fitness magazine. It is a dense cake, very different and yummy! Using the light ingredients I specified, it's relatively guilt-free."

Ingredients: fat-free buttermilk, eggs...

"These plums can be eaten right out of the jar, or used to make all sorts of wonderful desserts. The syrup is heaven, a gorgeous red-purple and is lovely to drink as a syrup or to mix with something for a cocktail--it is particularly delicious with champagne."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, purple plums...