Spicy Pickled Plums

Name: Spicy Pickled Plums
Ingredients: 2½lb firm plums; 1 pint vinegar; 1½lb sugar; 1 inch cinnamon stick; 1 teaspoon cloves; Blade of mace; 10 allspice berries

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Farmhouse Kitchen

By Mary Norwak

Published 1991

About

Ingredients

2½lb firm plums
1 pint vinegar
1½lb

Preserve
Spicy
Vegan

Method

Prick the plums with a needle. Boil the vinegar, sugar and spices and pour over the plums. Leave overnight. Drain off the syrup and boil it for ten minutes. Pour over the fruit again and leave for twelve hours. Bring to the boil with the plums. Remove the spices and put the plums into hot preserving jars. Boil up the syrup, pour over the plums, and screw on the tops immediately.