The last time William visited us was in 2006 or maybe 2007. None of us can quite remember. In our garden we have a plum tree and sometimes it produces up to 90 lb of plum and sometimes nothing. In that year there was a good crop and so William and Alison helped us to gather in the harvest, cut and store the plums and then bag them for the freezer. 2009 was also a good year and as I write this the plums for 2010 are getting ready to be picked.
For a pie for 5/6, I used approx. 4.5 lobs of frozen plums (washed & stored & halved)
o Microwave or stew the plumes (NO WATER NEEDED) Also not sugar at this point.
o (The plum juice from the stewing can be strained off and then used with jelly (I'm English) JELLO to make a real fruity Jello.
o Add sugar to the plums to taste and put into over proof dish.
Top/Crumble
6 oz self raising flour
3 oz butter or margarine
3 oz (not sure here-you're own amount to taste) sugar (brown demerara makes it particularly crunchy).
Bake in oven about 180-200 degrees centrigrade for approx. 30-40 minutes or until top is golden and the plums bubbling.
Serve with ice cream, cream, custard, yoghurt, cremefraiche-basically whatever you like.
Helen, The Lilacs, Elvaston, England
