Help with Plum Recipe

Fluffysheep38

Good Morning!

I have a big bowl of plums which need using up. I also have a pack of puff pastry, so I'm thinking of combining the both.

Does anyone have any ideas? I'm pretty good in the kitchen, so doesn't have to be basic lol!

I also have ground almonds, butter, icing sugar, lemons, jam, custard, frozen raspberries, and most cake baking ingredients.

Thanks for any ideas

lostinrates

I'd make a plum and frangipane pie/strudle sort of thing...not somplicated though I'm afraid! The ground almond/frangipane will soak up some of the plum juices (personally I'd just halve the plums on top a tiny spinkle of sugar and dash of butter on top of them, keeping the sweetness in the frnagipane and letting any tartness in the plums be tempered by that)

I might go and see how the plums are doing on the trees.

Fluffysheep38

It sounds lovely... how would you make frangipane, its not something I've tried before?

lostinrates

Fluffysheep38 wrote: »

It sounds lovely... how would you make frangipane, its not something I've tried before?

125g butter, softened
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
125g ground almonds
1 tbsp plain flour (I almost never add flour but most recipes do I think)

I often add a glug of rum, sometimes even omit eggs.... if using stewed fruit in stead of fresh fruit I often just mix a almonds, butter and sugar in the (part baked) tart.

Fluffysheep38

Thank you, I'm going to try that tonight!

boredjellybean

what about a sort of tart tatin but with halved plums instead of apple ?

oldtractor

plum bakewell.

Fluffysheep38

Thank you for your replies, I went with the plum frangipan. Puff pastry base, frangipan then plums cut up on top, baked in the oven. I made it this afternoon, and just had to try a little bit and it was gorgeous!

Thanks again

lostinrates

Fluffysheep38 wrote: »

Thank you for your replies, I went with the plum frangipan. Puff pastry base, frangipan then plums cut up on top, baked in the oven. I made it this afternoon, and just had to try a little bit and it was gorgeous!

Thanks again

So glad you liked it. Its one of my ''automatic pilot'' ways of using fruit...we love anything almondy