Vegetarian Foods Archive

The plums are literally tumbling from the tree and rolling down our slope of a garden, I just touch some of them and they fall into my palms. One of the very first things I made with the plums was an Easy Cinnamon Plum Jam, but I have a number of other variations to share too: vanilla, licorice and even star anise! Easy Cinnamon and Plum Jam  Makes 8 190ml jars Ingredients 1 kg plums, core removed 100ml water 1 kg sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons lemon juice Method Place plums over a medium heat with water and simmer gently for 10-15 minutes, until tender and reduced. Pop a couple of saucers into the freezer to chill.  Add the sugar, cinnamon and lemon to the pan and cook, stirring to dissolve.  Bring to the boil and then allow to simmer rapidly until it reached the desired consistency.  Put a teaspoonful of jam onto a chilled saucer for 1 minute. Drag your finger lightly over the jam. If it wrinkles, it has reached setting po...

I got back a few hours ago from my short break in the U.K. I will share more later next week with lots of photographs, but this evening I share with you a easy Plum and Raspberry Ketchup or Sauce. Both the plums and the raspberries are from my garden plot.   This Plum Ketchup was the result of an accident.   I had planned to make  Plum Leather, but I had pureed the plums way too much that I had to find a way of rescuing them rather than washing it down the sink.  As well as making this Plum and Strawberry Ketchup, I also made a Plum Milkshake and Plum Yogurt Ice-Cream. The raspberry vinegar is optional.  I had some that I h ad been gifted to me by m sister in law a couple of years back and this was a good way to finish off the bottle that has mostly been used for salad dressings.  I am sharing this Plum Sauce with Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary for No Waste Food Challenge .  Easy Plum and Raspberry Ketchup 1 kg plums, core removed 100grams...

The plums are literally tumbling from the tree and rolling down our slope of a garden, I made a Plum Milkshake with some licorice.  Even though I have stuck a licorice stick in my foamy milkshake, I have to admit I used powdered licorice known as salmiak.  Although I got the sweet salty salmiak - licorice powder from Bruge, Belgium.   Its a very popular ingredient in the Scandanavian region.  I had forgot that I had a little tub of sweet and salty salmiak , it was only whilst I was rummaging in my kitchen cupboards for something else that I stumbled upon it.   This frothy Plum and Licorice Milkshake reminded me of a South Asian Lassi which is both sweet and salty.  So this drink is a bit of an acquired taste,   So this drink is a bit of an acquired taste,  If you don't like licorice, just make it with a dash of cinnamon, of course it won't be the same.   I am sharing this recipe with  Recipe of the Week  hosted by A ...

The past month, I have been making, baking and eating some variation of Plum Cake, but this is one  of the most delicious cakes I have made in a while.  As much as D likes chocolate, he is not really a fan of chocolate flavoured things but he also adored this too. The sponge was almost fondant like, perhaps my whipping and whisking made a difference this time. I am sharing this follow the recipe here , but reduce the flour by 50grams and replace it with 50grams cocoa powder. 

I made these plum fruit leather bats for Halloween with   Our Best Bites   Natasha's Kitchen  Plum Fruit Leather   the plums that were literally falling from the tree in my garden .   I have so many garden to kitchen cookbooks and many have recipes for fruit leather, but never got round to making it at home despite having so many recipes bookmarked.  I am embarrassed to admit, its only because fruit leather began popping up on blogosphere that got me finally motivated.  I   couldn't find my black cat cookie cutter as that is what I really wanted to do with the plum fruit leather, but I guess I could do that for next year now, so instead we have some of Batmans back up - Nocturnal Bats.  I've rolled some plum fruit leather too for effect. My regular readers will that my first attempt at making fruit leather was a bit of a fail, but I managed to save the pulped plums for other recipes including   Our Best Bites   ...

I made a  Plum and Chickpea Curry last year but did not get round to sharing it at the time, so with it being the Plum season in the UK I thought I would make it again and share my vegetarian vegan version of 'Lamb' and Plum Curry.   This 'Lamb' and Plum Curry is a real recipe adapted from Camellia Panjabi 50 Great Curries of India.    I used vegan soy pieces* that I picked up from a Polish shop, they were not that great, but for the vegetarians the Quorn fillets will also work.  If you don't want to use the mock meat substitute, then just double up on the chickpeas.   If you can't quite get you head round it, think of the plums as zingy purple tomatoes - the plums in a way replace the tomatoes in this dish; and for those of you who have had either Red or Green Tomato curry, then this will not sound that strange. It was actually quite nice, sharp and sweet. Here are    13 Vegetarian and/ or Vegan Meat Free Fruit Curry Recipes . Plu...

The last of the plums have fallen from the trees and they have been attracting the Red Admiral and Peacock butterflies who have been feasting on them. It has been a honour to watch them on mass, though I wish D had the energy to take some pictures as they posed without care.  I have had my share of plums this year and am pleased to have been able to shared some with family and neighbours, after making the Plum Chickpea Curry, I made a Plum Crumble Cinnamon Cake which was a good change from my  awesome  Cinnamon Plum Cake .   It was really good, especially the next day.  We served it with cream. The original recipe is made with apricots, but of course I had homegrown plums . Plum, Crumble Cinnamon Cake Serves 8 Ingredients 140grams self raising flour 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 50grams caster sugar 1 egg, lightly beaten 3 tablespoons milk 85g butter, melted 5 - 6 plums, halved and pitted Topping 40grams plain flour 1 teaspoon ground ci...

We are eating fruit from the garden: plums, raspberries and apples. I made this Upside Down Plum and Raspberry Cake quite recently.  When I removed the baking parchment paper to reveal the fruit topped cake, it was vibrant and glistening beautifully from the fresh fruit natural juices. However, it was the following day when we took the photograph, it had lost its sparkle. I was a tad disappointed and wish I had taken the photograph the evening before, but it had got a bit too dark.  So I feel somewhat that the cake is not shown in its best light.  Still it tasted good. If I make this cake again, I would just do one thing differently.  I would keep the stoned fruit on the side, around the edges and the raspberries in the middle because even though the cake was cooked, the middle was a bit soggy and you'd be worried if it was raw or soggy.  Upside Down Plum and Raspberry Cake For the fruit topping 300grams plums, cut in half Optional: enough raspberri...

Every year I make the same  Cinnamon Plum Cake .  This year I wanted to try some different recipes including an Upside Down Plum and Raspberry Cake .    Well this is supposed to be a Plum Studded Cake, except the plums got engulfed by the cake batter and disappeared beneath the golden cake.   You can imagine my disappointment as it does not make a good photograph, but it was nice to eat, so instead I have dubbed it Drowned Plum Cake.  Well as well as making this drowned plum cake, I have also made Three variations of my popular Cinnamon Plum Jam , these include Plum Jam with Liquorice, Plum Jam with Star Anise, and Plum Jam with Vanilla. These will be gifted to unsuspecting new work colleagues come Birthdays or Christmas. I am sharing this recipe with Cook Once Eat Twice hosted by Searching for Spice.  Three Easy Plum Jams, with Liquorice, Star Anise and Vanilla  Makes 8 x 190ml jars Ingredients   1 kg plums, core...