Chinese Plum Sauce

Whether people from China would call this a Chinese plum sauce I can’t honestly say, but let’s not quibble about details. It’s wonderful with pork, with sharp Cheddar, with, well, most things. And sometimes I stir a tablespoon or two of it into a winey beef stew while I’m making it. It’s very addictive, which I guess has something to do with both the sugar and the chilli – and the fact that it tastes so good.

I made it last year from some plums in my garden, which was particularly s