I had never in my life seen yellow plums, and so when i saw these in the fruit section of the supermarket i had to buy them. They had a lovely light delicate scent, a thin but very sour skin and a sweet juicy pulp. I ate a few and then began staring at the remaining 8 pieces. Now what do i do with these … obviously a voice inside me was screaming dessert … ! Not sure what i was going to do, i started with cutting the plums and poured some honey over it and cooking them gently for 4-5 mins. It caramalize the plums giving it a rich golden brown colour and a lovely fragrance. I tasted it … arrg it was too damn sour, so i threw in a few mint leaves ( yes i plucked them frm my garden :) )) while it was still hot hoping it would help. But it was still too sour, so added 2 tbs of sugar. Still sour, but better. At this point only one thing was going through my mind.This has to be turned into a cheesecake. Only the cheese n cream will balance out the sweet n sour of the plums – and so i got to it. Whisked up the cream with a tbsp of caster sugar just till it was holding shape. Beat in the mascarpone and a tsp of almond syrup. Crushed digestive biscuits with my fingers as i wanted them to be coarse, i like a bit of crunch. Mixed in a bit of melted butter and pressed it down in the glass and chilled it a for a while. The rest is a piece of cake :) ) pun intended :D . Mascarpone /plums/mascarpone/some more plums/garnish of mint leaves….Tada ! Dessert is ready. Don’t know how it tastes though. They’re chilling off in the fridge, will have them only after dinner. Keep u posted on how it turned out.


Ingredients

serves 2 – in glasses

  • 6 yellow plums
  • 1 tbsp natural honey
  • 2 tbsp sugar for the plums
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar for the cream
  • 4 tbsp whipping cream
  • 2 tbsp mascarpone cheese
  • 1 tsp almond syrup or a few drops of extract
  • 2 digestive biscuits
  • 2 tsp melted butter
  • a few leaves of mint
* update :- i ate one and shared the other one with a friend, who said ” he’d never eaten anything like this before ! i should start selling this stuff here .” haha no i’m not bragging , seriously he wiped the glass clean and even ate the garnish. I’m glad it turned out gr8. In fact i’m having some guests over tomorrow for dinner. I just might repeat these :D



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