Port Wine Baked Plums

Name: Port Wine Baked Plums
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 12 large red plums (pitted); 6 vanilla pods (split lengthwise and cut into small pieces); 200 g almond flour; 75 g powdered sugar; 4 tsp orange or lemon zest (julienned); ½ to 1 tbsp orange blossom water; 100 ml Port wine; fresh cream (for serving), to taste

Fill plums with vanilla almond filling, roast with port wine for a rich, fruity flavor, and serve with fresh cream.

35 min

Easy

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Ingredients

large red plums (pitted) 12

vanilla pods (split lengthwise and cut into small pieces) 6

almond flour 200 g

powdered sugar 75 g

orange or lemon zest (julienned) 4 tsp

orange blossom water ½ to 1 tbsp

Port wine 100 ml

fresh cream (for serving) to taste

Instructions

Prepare the Plums

Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F). Use a pitter to remove the pits from the 12 plums and discard them.

Make the Almond Filling

Halve the vanilla pods lengthwise and crosswise. Combine the almond flour, powdered sugar, citrus zest, and orange blossom water in a food processor and pulse to a crumbly paste. Pinch and roll into balls, then shape into 12 equal small oval portions.

Stuff and Bake

Press each almond oval firmly into a plum, then push 2 small pieces of vanilla pod into the almond filling. Stand the plums upright in a baking dish and drizzle the Port wine around them. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, until the fruit is fragrant, tender, and bubbling. Serve with fresh cream.