French Food Friday - Oven Cooked Plums

It is that time of the year in SW France, it is plum season and tomorrow we will be up early to go plum picking.

Today's recipe is a simple but very yummy one especially when served warm with either cream or icecream.

Oven-cooked plums

Serves 4-6

12-16 ripe plums or apricots, halved
15g cube of soft butter
60g vanilla sugar
2 vanilla pods
4 tbsp dark or golden rum

To serve
Cold pouring cream or vanilla icecream, if you prefer

Step 1) Set the fruit, cut sides up, in a large heatproof baking dish or lined roasting pan rubbed generously with butter. Sprinkle half the vanilla sugar over the fruit.

Step 2) Pre-heat the grill to the highest setting. Place the fruit under the grill and cook for 8-12 minutes or until dark, sticky and almost collapsed. (Or pre-heat the oven to 230°C, Gas Mark 8 and bake near the top for 20-30 minutes.)

Step 3) Halve the vanilla pods lengthwise, scrape out the seeds and mix these with the remaining sugar. Stir in the rum to make the syrup. Crisscross the empty vanilla pods over the fruit and drizzle with the rum and vanilla syrup. Serve warm with cream or icecream. 

bon appétit à tous♥

 Leeann x