2 Questions

[soul_cake_duck]

1. I have some cooked plums which are incredibly sour. I added what seemed like tons of sugar when cooking them down, but theyre still really sour. What can I do with them?

2. Any ideas for dressings for bean salads? I'll post what I usually do under the cut, but I'm looking for a bit more inspiration.

Comments

[beesandbrews]

Maybe you could incorporate those plums into some kind of BBQ or other meat sauce. For pork perhaps. The tang would offset the richness. I'd start with a tomato and vinegar based recipe and tinker from there.

[soul_cake_duck]

Hmm. I dont normally eat pork but you've got me thinking about some kind of pulled pork idea....

[beesandbrews]

You could also puree them and then make some sort of fruit tea/punch/beverage riffing off of lemonade.

[soul_cake_duck]

Ooh. Also an interesting idea. What I was planning on doing is using them to counter the sweeter yoghurt I bought :D

I was also pondering making a chutney perhaps. So lots of options it seems, thanks for the ideas!

[full_metal_ox]

If you have any more of the aforesaid plums, you might try salt-pickling them and see if you wind up with something approximating umeboshi.

[soul_cake_duck]

o.O?

No idea what that is but it sounds intruiging. *google time*

[owner_of_dooom]

Make plum sauce! The whole sour thing works so well, and it is delicious on roasted meats and pretty much anything I can think of :)