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STEWED FRENCH PLUMS
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STEWED FRENCH PLUMS

4 ingredients 7 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

37
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Fat
5g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Port Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Syrup not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 pint of syrup
  • 1 glass of port wine
  • 1 lemon
  • 8 persons

Directions

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(_A Dessert Dish_.)

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1583. INGREDIENTS.--1-1/2 lb. of French plums, 3/4 pint of syrup No. 1512, 1 glass of port wine, the rind and juice of 1 lemon.

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_Mode_.--Stew the plums gently in water for 1 hour; strain the water, and with it make the syrup. When it is clear, put in the plums with the port wine, lemon-juice, and rind, and simmer very gently for 1-1/2 hour. Arrange the plums on a glass dish, take out the lemon-rind, pour the syrup over the plums, and, when cold, they will be ready for table. A little allspice stewed with the fruit is by many persons considered an improvement.

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_Time_.--1 hour to stew the plums in water, 1-1/2 hour in the syrup.

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_Average cost_,--plums sufficiently good for stewing, 1s. per lb.

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_Sufficient_ for 7 or 8 persons.

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_Seasonable_ in winter.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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