Plum Pie

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!