From the Women's Institute Book of Home Cooking, 1984
2 lb ripe Victoria plums
4 oz granulated sugar
6 oz butter
1 oz caster sugar
6 oz fresh white breadcrumbs
1 egg white
1/4 pint whipping cream
heat the oven to 180C/350F.
Slit the sides of the plums and take out the stones. Fill each cavity with a teaspoon of granulated sugar and a knob of butter. Arrange the fruit, cut side up, in an ovenproof dish. Cover with caster sugar according to taste and cook for 30 minutes. Leave to cool.
Fry the crumbs lightly in the remaining butter and sprinkle over the plums. Whisk the egg white until stiff and lightly whisk the cream. Fold the two together and spoon over the plums.
Apparently there's a version called "Danish peasant girl with a veil", made with apples (to imply blonde hair?)
ReplyDeleteHa ha never knew that. It would be delicious. (I think you could leave out the egg white - not everybody likes raw eggs.)
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