Sour Plums or Sweet Pickled Peaches

Name: Sour Plums or Sweet Pickled Peaches
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: the white of an egg, cinnamon sticks ¼ oz.; the white of an egg, cinnamon sticks ¼ oz.; ½ oz. cloves.; Ripe plums,damsons, peaches, nectarines, pears or green figs, but not over ripe 4 lb.; Ripe plums,damsons, peaches, nectarines, pears or green figs, but not over ripe 4 lb.; Ripe plums,damsons, peaches, nectarines, pears or green figs, but not over ripe 4 lb.; Ripe plums,damsons, peaches, nectarines, pears or green figs, but not over ripe 4 lb.; best white wine vinegar 1 pint; loaf (or lump) sugar ¾ lb.; loaf (or lump) sugar ¾ lb.; loaf (or lump) sugar ¾ lb.; Ripe plums,damsons, peaches, nectarines, pears or green figs, but not over ripe 4 lb.; Ripe plums,damsons, peaches, nectarines, pears or green figs, but not over ripe 4 lb.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

About

This recipe also hails from Yorkshire, via Ross-on-Wye, and is over one hundred years old.

Ingredients

Ripe plums,damsons, peaches, nectarines, pears or green figs, but not over ripe 4 lb.
best white wine vinegar

Europe
United Kingdom
Preserve
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Wipe the fruit (especially if you are using peaches, to get off the down).
Prick it all over with a needle.
Put into a large jar or bowl.
Boil the vinegar and sugar for 15 minutes and clear with white of egg.
Pour this over the fruit as hot as possible, cover tightly and stand till next day.
Then pour off