A day or two ago I bought a box of plums from the fruit seller at the intersection down the road from me.
I never buy fruit from the side of the road but we chat every day and I always promise to buy.
Well the plums are delicious but there were too many of them for us to eat before they get over ripe.
At first I thought about making a plum jam but then I thought it was too complicated. So I found a recipe for a plum pie instead…
First things first was the pastry, I usually keep some store bought stuff in my freezer but we were out, so I found this easy homemade recipe.
Next was putting the pie together…
Ingredients
Filling
- 4 cups sliced plums (I left the skins on)
- ½ cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (I didnt have any and it was too dark to go pick lemons off the tree so I left this out)
- Unbaked pie pastry to line a standard size pie dish
Topping
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (I didnt have so put a bit extra cinnamon)
- 3 tablespoons cold marge
Method
- Roll out pie pastry to desired size and line the pie dish.
- In a bowl combine the plums, sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon and lemon juice (first 6 ingredients).
- Mix thoroughly.
- Pour filling into the pastry lined dish.
- In a new bowl combine sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Cut in the marge until course.
- Sprinkle the topping over the plums.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180° for 60 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
Enjoy with ice cream or pouring cream!
