Plum sauce

Tamara West

Turns out Mum's plum sauce is a first edition Edmonds Cookbook recipe. Best not mess with success!

Ingredients

2 ¾ kgs	Plums, choose dark red ones (Main)
6 cups	Malt vinegar
5 cups	Brown sugar
50 g	Garlic, approximately 10 cloves
1	Lemon, zest and juice
2 tsp	Ground pepper
2 tsp	Ground mace
2 tsp	Ground ginger, or large knob grated fresh ginger
1 tsp	Ground cloves
½ tsp	Cayenne pepper
2 Tbsp	Salt

Directions

1. Into a large preserving pan add red plums, malt vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, lemon zest and juice, ground pepper, ground mace, ground ginger or grated fresh ginger, ground cloves, cayenne pepper and salt.
2. Bring to the boil, stirring frequently, and cook until pulpy.
3. Pass through a coarse sieve, return to the pan and bring back to boil for approximately 5 minutes.
4. Pour into sterilised bottles and seal.

See Warren's other plum recipes

• Poached plums
• Rum plum shake
• Plum cake