With its good pectin content, its tender yellow flesh and its customary abundance, the Victoria plum is excellent for jam. Avoid using imported dessert plums as they are often hard and lacking in ...

A sweet cherry plum jam with a subtle tangy undertone makes ... Washing them, removing the pits, and placing them in the ...

This plum pudding recipe is a take on a classic: Steamed cakes like this are a fixture on a traditional British Christmas table, popular around the holidays since at least the Middle Ages.

If you don’t have a sugar thermometer, a few hours before you want to make your jam, put a couple of small plates or saucers into your freezer. Wash the blackberries and add to a large ...

Check the consistency by turning off the heat and putting a spoonful of hot jam on a chilled saucer in the freezer for one minute. When ready, the cold jam will form a light skin that wrinkles ...

There are so many reasons to be excited about plum season! Plums come in a rainbow of colors, and hundreds of varieties, which can make things feel confusing — which plums to use for what? When and ...

A Victoria cake is a sponge cake layered with jam and cream. Spoon into greased and lined 9"round tin. Bake at 180 degrees C for about 25 minutes or until golden in color. Remove from oven.

In one, I added raisin-like dried strawberries to a scone loaf to create sticky, jam-like pockets. In another, I gave scones the cookie treatment, plopping homemade plum compote into thumbprints ...

Carried out mostly in backyard pool battles and other mayhem, this test allowed the kids to drop, grab, kick, bury, submerge, jam, and generally ... and with the vibrant, plum-colored “berry ...

It’s the kernels and the lemon juice that will help to set the jam. Keep a small pile of saucers in the freezer to make the testing easier. Warming the sugar speeds up the jam-making process.

It’s not like you eat a whole jar of jam at once. I just couldn’t resist making the most of the gorgeous plums currently in season and making some jam. I’ve decreased the amount of sugar ...