Plum mold

Ingredients

• 1 kg plums (ideally damsons): one for decoration
• 100 ml water
• 150 g sugar, or to taste
• 45 g cornstarch
• A few fresh mint leaves, to decorate (optional)

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F). Set aside one nice plum.
2. Cut the rest into pieces, pits and all, and put them in an earthenware casserole or deep baking dish with the water. Cover and bake for an hour and a half, until they release all their juice.
3. Strain them, pressing hard: you should get about 600 ml of juice. Sweeten it with the sugar.
4. Mix the cornstarch with a little of the cold juice, bring the rest to a boil, add the cornstarch while stirring and let it boil for 2 minutes.
5. Pour it into a mold or round bowl rinsed with water and, once cool, put it in the fridge until set, about 3 hours.
6. Unmold onto a platter, put the whole plum on top and a few mint leaves around the base.

Nutrition facts

Approximate, per serving (about 183 g). Calculated with data from USDA FoodData Central.