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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal0
  • fat0g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs0g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre0g
  • protein0g
  • salt0g
    low

Method

  • step 1

    Put the sugars into a saucepan with 250ml/9fl oz cold water. Heat gently and stir until the sugars have dissolved, then bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins to reduce slightly.

  • step 2

    Add the lemon zest and juice, rosemary and plum halves, bring back to a simmer and cook gently for 10 mins until the plums start to soften. Tip the blackberries into the pan and stir gently to warm through. Serve in bowls with scoops of ice cream.

RECIPE TIPS
GIVE IT A TWIST

Use peaches, nectarines or apricots instead of plums, or replace rosemary with lavender.

Serve with yogurt instead of ice cream, for a healthier alternative.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2004

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A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.7 ratings

lizleicester

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

This is such a delicious way to eat plums. I only had 1 lemon but the effect was fantastic. Loved having the rosemary as an unusual additional flavour. Served them with double cream, Cornish ice-cream or dairy-free vanilla ice-cream.

raincloud_

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

The lemon is so nicely balanced with the rosemary to give a deep, fullbodied, sweet flavour that has a nice citrusy zing to it too. Its a very luxurious addition to a bowl of ice cream.

charlit

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Ohhhh this was so, so, so good! I used just one lemon, and more plums (they were quite small), and topped the individual servings with crumble and put them in the oven for about 15 minutes, until the crumble was crunchy. Yum!

farmersgirl

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Amazing flavour. I used one lemon but all the rosemary, it almost tastes like ginger, not like rosemary at all. I would definitely make this again.

katharyn

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Fantastic!!! I doubled all the sugar and the fruit, kept the rosemary the same and just used 1 lemon, removed fruit and reduced the syrup until quite thick, added some of the syrup to the fruit and chilled, covered with mascapone cheese and chilled until we were ready to eat it then put a nice…

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