Vanilla Cardamom Plum Jelly

Lordy Lordy this is one delicious and beautiful jelly...so sophisticated in its flavors. I bet it would make a stunning thumbprint cookie. At any rate I hardly changed a thing except to add about 8 chopped prunes to deepen the color and flavor. I also very coarsely chopped the prunes in about 1/2-1 inch chunks. Here's almost the best part...instead of pitching the plums after draining them and making the jelly I transferred them bit by bit back to the jelly pot, picking out the cardamom pods as I went. Then I drizzled the cooked plums with honey and vanilla. I buttered a souffle dish, packed the bottom with shortbread crumbs ( you can use whatever cookie or stale cake crumbs you have). I spread the plum mixture over the crumbe and topped the whole thing with a recipe of egg custard but you can use any cooked custard I imagine. Do not use any packaged pudding mix please...this is way too delicious to contaminate with instant pudding. The result is beyond wonderful....and it all started with this terrific jelly. Thanks so much for this wonderful recipe.

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